...Eric L. Garland; Matthew O. Howard Background: Chronic pain involves hypervigilance for pain-related stimuli. Selective attention to pain-related stimuli, known as pain attentional bias (AB), can exacerbate chronic pain, prolong suffering, and undermine quality of life. The aim of this study...

.... Cognitive-behavioral therapy Rheumatoid arthritis Chronic pain Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been demonstrated to be effective for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [ 1,2,3,4 ]. A meta-analysis of 25 studies has confirmed that psychological interventions are efficacious in improving psychological...

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... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Fibromyalgia Illness behavior Depression Chronic pain Affective disorders Rheumatology Regular Article Psychother Psychosom 1994;61:178-186 M. Ercolania G. Trombini3...

...Jerald F. Dirks; Jeffrey Wunder; Robert Kinsman; Joseph McElhinny; Nelson F. Jones A Pain Rating Scale [PRS] and a Pain Behavior Checklist [PBC] were developed for use during a clinical pain interview. Norms were based on 395 chronic pain patients referred for pain management. The PRS obtained...

...Paul M.G. Emmelkamp; Patricia van Oppen In this report an overview is given of the contribution of cognitive approaches to behavioral medicine. The (possible) contribution of cognitive therapy is reviewed in the area of coronary heart disease, obesity, bulimia nervosa, chronic pain, benign headache...

...Akinori Masuda; Yasuyuki Koga; Masato Hattanmaru; Shinichi Minagoe; Chuwa Tei Background: It has been reported that local thermal therapy with a hot pack or paraffin relieves pain. We hypothesized that systemic warming may decrease pain and improve the outcomes in patients with chronic pain...

... the underlying causes of pain. Future studies of long-term pain should include longer treatment periods and post-treatment follow-up. It might also be worthwhile assessing the long-term benefits from booster treatment after the initial intense treatment period. Chronic pain Massage Mental relaxation Post...

...Hans Joergen Grabe; Christian Meyer; Ulfert Hapke; Hans-Juergen Rumpf; Harald Juergen Freyberger; Horst Dilling; Ulrich John Background: Chronic pain disorder is assumed to represent a frequent and disabling condition. However, data on the prevalence of somatoform pain symptoms and somatoform pain...