Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Chronic Pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 552-568

  Hughes, Laura S ^a   Clark, Jodi ^b   Colclough, Janette A ^c   Dale, Elizabeth ^c   McMillan, Dean ^c  

^a Kirkstall Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b The Royal College of Psychiatrists   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acceptance and commitment therapy; ACT; chronic pain; pain; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 84980395569     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000425     Document Type: Review

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