Does Change Occur for the Reasons We Think It Does? A Test of Specific Therapeutic Operations During Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Chronic Pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 603-611

  Burns, John W ^a   Nielson, Warren R ^b   Jensen, Mark P ^c   Heapy, Alicia ^d,e   Czlapinski, Rebecca ^d   Kerns, Robert D ^d,e  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic pain; cognitive behavioral therapy; treatment mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN COPING INVENTORY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR ASSESMENT; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRETCHING EXERCISE; WALKING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; HUMAN RELATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELAXATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84932195212     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000141     Document Type: Article

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