Our current understanding of the efficacy of psychological interventions in improving mental
states of wellbeing is incomplete. This study aimed to overcome limitations of previous …

Background Chronic non‐cancer pain, a disabling and distressing condition, is common in
adults. It is a global public health problem and economic burden on health and social care …

Importance Chronic back pain (CBP) is a leading cause of disability, and treatment is often
ineffective. Approximately 85% of cases are primary CBP, for which peripheral etiology …

The high prevalence and societal burden of chronic pain, its undertreatment, and disparities
in its management have contributed to the acknowledgment of chronic pain as a serious …

Objective: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have consistently been associated with a
range of negative psychological and physical outcomes in adulthood. Despite the strength of …

Somatic symptom disorders and related conditions (SSD-RC), along with depression and
anxiety disorders, are among the most common mental disorders. Disturbances in emotion …

Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances and other
symptoms, and has a substantial socioeconomic impact. Current biomedical and …

The ability to conceptualize and understand one's own affective states and responses–or
“Emotional awareness”(EA)–is reduced in multiple psychiatric populations; it is also …

Emotional awareness (EA) is recognized as clinically relevant to the vulnerability to, and
maintenance of, psychiatric disorders. However, the neurocomputational processes that …

Numerous studies have examined how alexithymia (difficulty identifying and describing
one's emotions and a preference for externally oriented thinking) relates to chronic pain and …