Psychological interventions for the management of chronic pain: A review of current evidence

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Kaiser, Ronald S ^a   Mooreville, Mira ^b   Kannan, Kamini ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); Anxiety; Biofeedback; Catastrophizing; Chronic pain; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Depression

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOFEEDBACK TECHNIQUE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MINDFULNESS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANXIETY; CATASTROPHIZING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANXIETY; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MINDFULNESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938075424     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-015-0517-9     Document Type: Article

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