Dennis C. Turk & Robert J. Gatchel 
Psychological Approaches to Pain Management, Second Edition 
A Practitioner’s Handbook

Designed for maximum clinical utility, this volume shows how to tailor psychological treatment programs to patients suffering from a wide range of pain problems. Conceptual and diagnostic issues are discussed, widely used clinical models reviewed, and a framework presented for integrating psychological treatment with medical and surgical interventions.

Table of Content

Part I. Conceptual, Diagnostic, and Methodological Issues1. Biopsychosocial Perspective on Chronic Pain Dennis C. Turk and Elena S. Monarch2. Psychological Disorders and Chronic Pain: Are There Cause-and-Effect Relationships?Robert J. Gatchel and Jeffrey Dersh3. Conducting and Evaluating Treatment Outcome Studies Stephen Morley and Amanda C. de C. Williams Part II.Treatment Approaches and Methods4. Enhancing Motivation to Change in Pain Treatment Mark P. Jensen5. Integrating Relational Psychodynamic and Action-Oriented Psychotherapies: Treating Pain and Suffering Stephen C. Basler, Roy C. Grzesiak, and Robert H. Dworkin6. Operant Conditioning with Chronic Pain: Back to Basics Steven H. Sanders7. A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective on Treatment of Chronic Pain Patients Dennis C. Turk8. Biofeedback for Chronic Pain Disorders: A Primer John G. Arena and Edward B. Blanchard9. Hypnosis and Imagery in the Treatment of Pain Karen L. Syrjala and Janet R. Abrams10. Graded Exposure In Vivo for Pain-Related Fear Johan W. S. Vlaeyan, Jeroen de Jong, Judith Sieben, and Geert Crombez11. Group Therapy for Patients with Chronic Pain Francis J. Keefe, Pat M. Beaupre, Karen M. Gil, Meredith Rumble, and Ann Aspnes12. Treating Families of Chronic Pain Patients: Applications of a Cognitive-Behavioral Transactional Model Robert D. Kerns, John D. Otis, and Emily A. Wise13. Integration of Pharmacotherapy with Psychological Treatment of Chronic Pain Peter B. Polatin and Noor M. Gajraj Part III. Specific Syndromes and Populations14. Improving the Management of Low Back Pain: A Paradigm Shift for Primary Care Sheri D. Pruitt and Michael Von Korff15. A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to the Prevention of Chronic Back Pain Steven James Linton16. Preparing Patients for Implantable Technologies Daniel M. Doleys17. Occupational Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability Anna R. Wright and Robert J. Gatchel18. Cognitive-Behavioral Management of Recurrent Headache Disorders: A Minimal-Therapist-Contact Approach Gay L. Lipchik, Kenneth A. Holroyd, and Justin M. Nash19. Treatment of Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome Dennis C. Turk and Jeffrey J. Sherman20. Treatment of Whiplash-Associated Disorders Lex Vendrig, Kevin Mc Whorter, and Pieter van Akkerveeken21. Treatment of Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders Robert J. Gatchel22. Treating the Patient with Pelvic Pain Mark L. Elliott23. Treating Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome David V. Nelson24. Treating Patients with Noncardiac Chest Pain and Functional Gastrointestinal Pain Richard Mayou25. Treating Pain in Cancer Patients Paul Crichton and Stirling Moorey26. Treating Patients with Somatoform Pain Disorder and Hypochondriasis Michael Sharpe and Amanda C. de C. Williams27. A Practical Cognitive-Behavioral Approach for Treating Children’s Pain Patricia A. Mc Grath and Loretta M. Hillier28. Persistent Pain in the Older Patient Kim Pawlick and Susan J. Middaugh