Pain And Behavioral Medicine A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective

This immensely practical volume describes the rationale, development, and utilization of cognitive-behavioral techniques in promoting health, preventing disease, and treating illness, with a particular focus on pain management. An ideal resource for a wide range of practitioners and researchers, the book's coverage of pain management includes theoretical, research, and clinical issues, and includes illustrative case material.

I. The Nature of Cognitive-Behavior Modification: Application to Behavioral Medicine1. A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective of the Therapy Process2. Behavioral Medicine: A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective3. Behavioral Medicine: Cognitive-Behavioral Applications in Health Promotion, Disease, and IllnessII. Pain: A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective4. Pain: Its Impact5. Psychological Variables and Pain6. Chronic Pain: Psychologically Oriented Approaches to Treatment7. Current Psychological Treatments for Pain: A Cognitive-Behavioral PerspectiveIII. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Pain8. Patient Resistence, Treatment Adherence, and Therapist Styles9. Initial Phase of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment: Part I10. Initial Phase of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment: Part II11. Skills-Acquisition and Consolidation Phase: Part I12. Skills-Acquisition and Consolidation Phase: Part II13. Application and Follow-Through PhaseIV. Future Directions14. Afterthoughts and ImplicationsAppendix A. Instructions for Behavioral TrialsAppendix B. Information to Referral SourcesAppendix C. Patient Pain QuestionnaireAppendix D. Significant Others Pain QuestionnaireAppendix E. Voluntary Control of Appraisal

Dennis C. Turk is Professor of Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, and Behavioral Science, and Director of the Pain Evaluation and Treatment Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has published over 170 journal articles and chapters in books. Among the seven books he has either authored or edited are «MDUL»Pain and Behavioral Medicine«MDNM», «MDUL»Pain Management: A Handbook of Psychological Treatment Approaches«MDNM», and «MDUL»Facilitating Treatment Adherence: A Practitioner's Guidebook«MDNM». A founding member of both the International Association for the Study of Pain and the American Pain Society, Dr. Turk is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.