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Current Pain and Headache Reports
Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports 6/2016

01-06-2016 | Psychological and Behavioral Aspects of Headache and Pain (D Buse, Section Editor)

The Role of Resilience in the Clinical Management of Chronic Pain

Authors: Afton L. Hassett, Patrick H. Finan

Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports | Issue 6/2016

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Abstract

Chronic pain affects more individuals than does cancer, heart disease, and diabetes combined. Yet, our treatment options remain remarkably limited. Often, highly effective psychotherapeutic approaches are limited by many barriers such as access, reimbursement, and acceptability; however, resilience-based positive activity interventions could offer a promising alternative. These interventions are engaging, non-stigmatizing, and do not require a mental health professional for their provision. This article reviews the new, but limited, research exploring the use of positive activity interventions for the treatment of patients with chronic pain. The related psychological and biological mechanisms are addressed, as are suggestions for more systematically evaluating the potential for positive activity interventions to become an adjunct to or stand-alone intervention strategy for patients with chronic pain.
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Metadata
Title
The Role of Resilience in the Clinical Management of Chronic Pain
Authors
Afton L. Hassett
Patrick H. Finan
Publication date
01-06-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Pain and Headache Reports / Issue 6/2016
Print ISSN: 1531-3433
Electronic ISSN: 1534-3081
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-016-0567-7

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