Psychological Approaches to Coping with Pain in Later Life

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 763-771

  Eccleston, Christopher ^a   Tabor, Abby ^a   Edwards, Rhiannon Terri ^a   Keogh, Edmund ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Coping; Evidence; Older adults; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; AGING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SAFETY; AGED; ANALGESIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84992428089     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2016.06.004     Document Type: Review

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