Biased interpretation of ambiguous information in patients with chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of current studies.

DE Schoth, C Liossi - Health Psychology, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: The aim of this review is to provide a synthesis of studies exploring biased
interpretation of ambiguous information in individuals with chronic pain, and to meta-analyze …

Using a biopsychosocial perspective in the treatment of fibromyalgia patients

DC Turk, LM Adams - Pain management, 2016 - Future Medicine
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex illness that manifests in different ways across individuals.
Given that there are currently no known cures for FM, like treatment for other chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing vs. treatment-as-usual for non-specific chronic back pain patients with psychological trauma: a randomized …

A Gerhardt, S Leisner, M Hartmann, S Janke… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Objective Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)—an evidence-based
approach to eliminate emotional distress from traumatic experiences—was recently …

How sickle cell disease patients experience, understand and explain their pain: An I nterpretative P henomenological A nalysis study

B Coleman, H Ellis‐Caird, J McGowan… - British journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the UK's most common blood disorder causing sickle
shaped red blood cells to block small blood vessels inducing both acute and chronic pain. A …

Effectiveness of psychological interventions for chronic pain on health care use and work absence: systematic review and meta-analysis

A Pike, L Hearn, AC de C Williams - Pain, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Psychological interventions for chronic pain and its consequences have been shown to
improve mood, disability, pain, and catastrophic thinking, but there has been no systematic …

Processes of change in acceptance and commitment therapy and applied relaxation for long‐standing pain

MK Kemani, H Hesser, GL Olsson… - … Journal of Pain, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background The utility of cognitive behavioural (CB) interventions for chronic pain has been
supported in numerous studies. This includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) …

A confirmatory factor analysis of facets of psychological flexibility in a sample of people seeking treatment for chronic pain

W Scott, LM McCracken, S Norton - Annals of Behavioral …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Evidence supports the validity of individual components of the psychological
flexibility model in the context of chronic pain. However, there is a need to test the inter …

Model and processes of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for chronic pain including a closer look at the self

L Yu, LM McCracken - Current pain and headache reports, 2016 - Springer
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is one of the so called “third-wave” cognitive
behavioral therapies. It has been increasingly applied to chronic pain, and there is …

Diagnostic uncertainty, guilt, mood, and disability in back pain.

D Serbic, T Pincus, C Fife-Schaw, H Dawson - Health Psychology, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: In the majority of patients a definitive cause for low back pain (LBP) cannot be
established, and many patients report feeling uncertain about their diagnosis, accompanied …

Reflecting the transition from pain management services to chronic pain support group attendance: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

KA Finlay, J Elander - British Journal of Health Psychology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Transitioning from clinical care to community‐based self‐management
represents a significant challenge, throughout which social support can facilitate health …