| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Early approaches to the study of personality and pain. History of psychoanalytic ideas concerning pain / Herold Mersky -- Psychometric testing : the early years and the MMPI / Richard C. Robinson. Advances in personality testing in patients with chronic pain. Assessing personality with the Millon Behavioral Health Inventory, the Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic, and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory / Neil Bockian, Sarah Meager and Theodore Millon -- Nonpathological factors in chronic pain : implications for assessment and treatment / James B. Wade and Donald Price -- The MMPI-2 and chronic pain / William W. Deardorff |
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Nonpathological personality characteristics of pain. Relationship of pain-coping strategies to adjustment and functioning / Douglas E. DeGood -- Locus on control in the patient with chronic pain / Janette L. Saville and Amy B. Robinson -- Extraversion-introversion and chronic pain / Jennifer M. Phillips and Robert J. Gatchel -- Perceived optimism and chronic pain / John P. Garofalo. Personality disorders and chronic pain. Studies investigating the prevalence of personality disorders in patients with chronic pain / James N. Weisberg -- How practitioners should evaluate personality to help manage patients with chronic pain / Robert J. Gatchel -- Personality and pain : summary and future perspectives / James N. Weisberg [and others] |
| Summary |
Provides a comprehensive review of the advances in the field of pain and personality and highlights the important future directions of this field. The intention is to provide the most comprehensive information on the current understanding of how personality characteristics affect all aspects of pain and its management. This book provides readers with practical approaches to important, everyday clinical concerns and issues that arise when dealing with the vagaries of personality and psychosocial issues displayed by patients experiencing pain. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Issuing Body |
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Pain -- Patients -- Psychology
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Pain -- Psychological aspects
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Patients -- Attitudes
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Pain -- psychology
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Patients -- attitudes
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Pain -- Psychological aspects
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Patients -- Attitudes
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gatchel, Robert J., 1947-
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Weisberg, James N., 1963-
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American Psychological Association.
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