Treatments for patients based on this model must first activate the phobic network before
new disconfirming information can be provided. The pyramid for achieving this is a four-step …

During the past few decades, there has been an explosion of knowledge regarding the
underlying neuroanatomical pathways and the neurophysiological mechanisms involved in …

This thesis addresses the subject of beliefs regarding chronic pain. Its objective is to
examine the role of different types of beliefs in chronic pain, and consider the effectiveness …

Patients with persistent pain who are educated about ways to manage their pain have been
shown to have fewer pain symptoms [1]; enhanced self-efficacy [1-3], including …

This research aims to improve the understanding of chronic low-back pain by studying the
links between pain and its repercussions with beliefs (catastrophism and fearavoidance …

Chronic pain has been correctly described as the invisible crisis at the heart of contemporary
life. Despite stunning advances in other areas of medical science, no similar breakthrough in …

We have reviewed here the neuroanatomical and neuropsychological literature of the
human brain and have proposed the various pain mechanisms that we currently know of …

Too often in practice, when patients are treated for pain, commonly associated fears that
accompany the ''chief complaint''of pain are not addressed. Because fear may present a …

In Understanding and Treating Fear of Pain, the authors identify and discuss how pain-
related fear and anxiety can lead to chronic pain even after healing of tissue damage has …

There are clinical contexts characterised by prominent pain where guidelines, clinical
pathways, even practice, are reasonably assured and appropriate to present knowledge …