The purpose of the present article is to provide unification to a number of somewhat
disparate themes in the chronic pain and phobia literature. First, we present a summary …

Background Personality traits may influence development and adjustment to ongoing pain.
Over the past 120 years, there has been considerable research into the relationship …

Avoidance behaviour is a prominent and extensive component of chronic pain behaviour. Its
unadaptive consequences are delineated and the puzzling issue of its persistence is raised …

Recent developments in chronic pain research suggest that effectiveness of cognitive-
behavioral therapy (CBT) may be optimized when applying early, customized treatments to …

Objective This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to examine the impact of
depression on the perception of experimental pain stimuli. Methods CD-ROM databases …

This article presents a series of studies aimed at validating a comprehensive pain-coping
inventory (PCI) that is applicable to various types of patients with chronic pain. Item and …

Worry is reviewed to inform a cognitive-behavioural understanding of chronic pain. How
worry comes to dominate is discussed as 'vigilance'and why worry comes to dominate is …

The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
(MMPI) were administered to 72 subjects with burning mouth syndrome (BMS) who were …

This book provides the clinician with a complete guide to the management of chronic pain
problems. It describes a program that is built upon psychological principles of behavior …

In order to quantify the physical impairments associated with different types of headache, 77
subjects belonging to four different groups (postmotor vehicle accident cervicogenic …