Psychological therapies for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Eccleston, Christopher ^a   Palermo, Tonya M ^b   Williams, Amanda C de C ^c   Lewandowski Holley, Amy ^d   Morley, Stephen ^e   Fisher, Emma ^f   Law, Emily ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f Child Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; PAIN SEVERITY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT PAIN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLICATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; MOOD DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84942815494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003968.pub4     Document Type: Review

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