Catastrophizing has long been implicated in many poor outcomes in chronic pain-related conditions in both adults and children [3,4,11,12,14,15,18,20,22,24,29]. Scholars have called for interventions to reduce catastrophizing in children with chronic pain with the hope ...
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Poor functional outcomes in pediatric chronic pain – what’s catastrophizing got to do with it?
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Extending scope of practice – physiotherapists’ perceptions of managing non-specific low back pain
There is considerable evidence demonstrating the multi-dimensional nature of non-specific low back pain (NSCLBP)[1], and recent guidelines and mission statements recommend a broad bio-psychosocial (BPS) approach to NSCLBP [2,3]. However, despite growing awareness of the ...
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Using the Internet to deliver Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic pain
Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) can improve quality of life and functioning in people with chronic pain. However, many people cannot access CBT in a timely manner, or at all. Simply put, there are too few psychologists ...
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Does pain lead to mental illness or is it the other way around?
It’s common knowledge that pain problems and mental illness will affect many of us over the course of our lives [1-4]. Comorbidity between pain and mental illness is often seen in clinical practice and is ...
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Do kids once in chronic pain break free?
After the long and winding road towards diagnosis, many children with chronic pain conditions improve with standard outpatient therapy approaches such as a combination of physical and cognitive behavioral therapies with or without medications. However ...