Cognitive-Behavioral Theories of Pain

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Title Memo

Discussion from the Turk book, "Wall and Melzack" text, etc.

Whenever I feel afraid
I strike a careless pose
And whistle a happy tune
And no one ever knows
I'm afraid.

Rogers and Hammerstein
South Pacific

Note Text: 1101 Psychological evidence

The psychological evidence strongly supports the view of pain as a perceptual experience whose quality and intensity are influenced by the unique past history of the individual, by the meaning he gives to the pain-producing situations and by his 'state of mind' at the moment. We believe that all these factors play a rol....

Melzack, R. and Wall, P. D., "The Challenge of Pain (Reprint of 1988 edition)", Penguin Books, 2008, 32

Note Text: 302 Understood

The influence of psychosocial factors on the presentation of back pain, their relationship to the severity of disability reported, and their influence on the outcome from a wide variety of treatments has been understood for some time.

Turk, Dennis, and Melzack, Ronald, "Handbook of Pain Assessment", The Guildford Press, 2011, 303

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