Can a psychologically based treatment help people to live with chronic pain when they are seeking a procedure to reduce it?

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 451-459

  Mccracken, Lance M ^a,b   Davies, Megan ^b   Scott, Whitney ^a   Paroli, Mery ^c   Harris, Stephany ^b   Sanderson, Karen ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Chronic pain; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Neuromodulation; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROMODULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925342405     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12623     Document Type: Article

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