| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 377 pages) : illustrations |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
The gate control theory : reaching for the brain -- Biopsychosocial approaches to pain -- Pain perception, affective mechanisms, and conscious experience -- Social influences and the communication of pain -- Pain over the life span : a developmental perspective -- Ethnocultural variations in the experience of pain -- Social influences on individual differences in responding to pain -- Assessment of chronic pain sufferers -- Psychological interventions for acute pain -- Psychological interventions and chronic pain -- Psychological perspectives on pain : controversies -- Ethics for psychologists who treat, assess, and/or study pain. |
| Summary |
This volume offers a comprehensive account of the psychology of pain that encompasses not only clinical perspectives but also basic social and behavioural science, as well as biopsychological contributions to the field. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pain -- Psychological aspects.
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Pain -- Psychological aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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| Added Author |
Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas.
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Craig, Kenneth D., 1937-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pain. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004 0805842993 (DLC) 2003052862 (OCoLC)52269991 |
| ISBN |
1410609863 (electronic book) |
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9781410609861 (electronic book) |
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0805842993 (alkaline paper) |
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9780805842999 |
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