The meaning people assign to physical sensations can have profound implications for their
physical and psychological health. A predominant research question in somatic …

Interest in the assessment and management of pain increased dramatically after 1965, when
the gate control theory was introduced. This increase is concurrent with enormous advances …

A casual review of the research literature on coping strategies suggests that strategies
involving avoidant tactics are effective in reducing pain, stress, and anxiety in some cases …

XIV PREFACE or her communication with patients, as well as how a physician's gender
influences the way in which his or her patients communicate. Part II of this book describes …

This immensely practical volume describes the rationale, development, and utilization of
cognitive-behavioral techniques in promoting health, preventing disease, and treating …

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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the painfulness of procedures commonly performed in
acute and critical care settings. OBJECTIVE: To describe pain associated with turning …

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Conditioned anxiety in response to recurrent medical procedures poses a significant
problem in the adjustment of children with cancer. Though there is evidence that behavioral …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on a comprehensive theory of emotion. The
concept of emotion has played an extraordinarily varied role in behavioral theories. In …