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Role of psychology in pain management
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Psychological factors are central to the experience of pain, the delivery of effective analgesia and for the specific treatment of chronic pain and disability. Improvement in pain management can often be brought about by very simple, if subtle, changes in clinical practice. Although simple, these changes can have significant effects in the experience of pain, distress and use of health-care resources. For the chronic pain patient, the presentation is much more complex and the treatment interdisciplinary and programmatic. The evidence for the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy for adults with chronic pain is now well established. This treatment should be available as a core part of any chronic pain service.
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“Although functionally important in acute pain, these behaviours are normally ineffective for chronic pain and may result in reduced functioning and quality of life (QoL) (Eccleston, 2001;McCracken & Morley, 2014;Melzack, 1999;Vlaeyen et al., 2016;Zimmerman, 2004).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Eccleston, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Bath (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Eccleston, C.
- ORCID
- Eccleston, C.
- Venue
- British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-07
- Volume
- 87
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 144-152
- ISSN
- 0007-0912 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2119351869
- Cited by
- 235
- References
- 73
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- FWCI
- 0.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- British Journal of Anaesthesia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Keywords
- chronic pain, pain management, psychological factors in pain, psychosocial environment, pain beliefs, pain-related disability, pain catastrophizing, pain-related hopelessness, pain-related helplessness, pain-related guilt, pain-related shame, pain-related depression, pain-related anxiety
- MeSH terms
- Chronic Disease, Humans, Pain, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Evidence-Based Medicine, Pain Management
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