Understanding Pain for Better Clinical Practice: A Psychological Perspective

PART I: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PAIN PERCEPTION AND BEHAVIOR Chapter 1 The need to understand the psychology of pain Chapter 2 Models of pain pe rception Chapter 3 The biological-psychological interface: Pain perce ption Chapter 4 Attending to pain stimuli: Vigilance and Distraction< br>Chapter 5 Emotions and the experience of pain Chapter 6 Interpreti ng pain signals: Cognitions Chapter 7 Learning to cope: Behavior in p ain and health Chapter 8 An integrated model PART II: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE Chapter 9 Why does chronic pain develop? Ch apter 10 Communicating with patients Chapter 11 Managing the first vi sit Chapter 12 Early identification of ‘at risk’ patients: screening< br>Chapter 13 Early intervention Chapter 14 The way forward

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