Pain and Behavioural Medicine: A Cognitive Behavioural Perspective - Hardcover

Turk, David C.; Etc.

9780898620023: Pain and Behavioural Medicine: A Cognitive Behavioural Perspective

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0898620023 ISBN 13: 9780898620023

Publisher: Guilford Publications, 1983

This immensely practical volume describes the rationale, development, and utilization of cognitive-behavioral techniques in promoting health, preventing disease, and treating illness, with a particular focus on pain management. An ideal resource for a wide range of practitioners and researchers, the book's coverage of pain management includes theoretical, research, and clinical issues, and includes illustrative case material.

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About the Author:

Dennis C. Turk is Professor of Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, and Behavioral Science, and Director of the Pain Evaluation and Treatment Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has published over 170 journal articles and chapters in books. Among the seven books he has either authored or edited are MDULPain and Behavioral MedicineMDNM, MDULPain Management: A Handbook of Psychological Treatment ApproachesMDNM, and MDULFacilitating Treatment Adherence: A Practitioner's GuidebookMDNM. A founding member of both the International Association for the Study of Pain and the American Pain Society, Dr. Turk is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

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