International Association for the Study of Pain | Psychological Methods of Pain Control: Basic Science and Clinical Perspectives

Product Details
Publish Year: 2004
Format: hardcover, 308 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0-931092-52-7

Remarkable progress has been made in understanding both the psychological factors that influence pain, including attention, emotions and expectation, and psychological methods of pain control, such as hypnosis. This progress has several sources, including improved designs of both experimental and clinical studies and the interface of brain imaging with thoughtful questions. We have learned that pain can be powerfully influenced by addressing factors that pertain to the patients' perception of treatments. This book explains fundamental principles underlying the psychological control of pain. Understanding these principles fulfills an important need for those seeking a scientific understanding of pain control, as well as for those who treat pain patients.

Contributing Authors
Foreword
Preface

Part I: General Mechanisms of Pain Modulation

Overview of Pain Dimensions and Their Psychological Modulation
Donald D. Price and M. Catherine Bushnell
Psychological and Demographic Factors that Modulate the Different Stages and Dimensions of Pain
Joseph L. Riley III and James B. Wade
Preclinical Studies of Pain Modulation: Lessons Learned from Animals
Barton H. Manning
Strategies to Decrease Pain and Minimize Disability
Patricia A. McGrath and Lauren A. Dade

Part II: Modulation of Pain by Attention, Cognitive Factors, and Emotions

Psychophysical and Neurophysiological Studies of Pain Modulation by Attention
M. Catherine Bushnell, Chantal Villemure, and Gary H. Duncan
Pain and Emotions
Pierre Rainville
Environmental and Learning Factors in the Development of Chronic Pain and Disability
Steven J. Linton

Part III: Modulation of Pain by Placebos

Neural Mechanisms of Placebo-Induced Analgesia
Antonella Pollo and Fabrizio Benedetti
The Placebo in Clinical Studies and in Medical Practice
Luana Colloca and Fabrizio Benedetti
The Contribution of Changes in Expected Pain Levels and Desire for Pain Relief to Placebo Analgesia
Lene Vase, Donald D. Price, G. Nicholas Verne, and Michael E. Robinson

Part IV: Modulation of Pain by Hypnosis

The Neurophenomenology of Hypnosis and Hypnotic Analgesia
Pierre Rainville and Donald D. Price
Hypnotic Analgesia: Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Applications
Joseph Barber

< Hide Table of Contents

"This is another in the series of excellent books from IASP Press that consistently produces current and high quality texts. It is clearly written and easy to read. I can recommend it unreservedly."
K. H. Simpson in British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol. 94, No. 1, Jan 2005

"...a valuable resource that would be useful to those looking for excellent integration of imaging and those who wish to learn about the integration of neuroscience and psychological mechanisms, or about placebo or hypnosis in pain research."
Patrick McGrath in Journal of the Canadian Pain Society, Vol. 9, No. 4 Winter 2004

"I highly recommend this book as a resource for readers who wish to better understand the underpinning of psychologically based approaches to pain control and to use science to make such interventions more respectable."
David R. Patterson in APS Bulletin, Summer 2005

< Hide Reviews

Donald D. Price, PhD, is Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Neuroscience at the McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida. His main research interests are concerned with understanding the mechanisms of psychological methods of pain control, including placebo and hypnotic analgesia, as well as mechanisms of pain in conditions such as fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome.

M. Catherine Bushnell, PhD, received her training in experimental psychology at the American University, Washington, DC, USA. She is Director of the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada, where she also serves as Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry and as Harold Griffith Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology.

var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; Psychological Methods of Pain Control: Basic Science and Clinical Perspectives

Psychological Methods of Pain Control: Basic Science and Clinical Perspectives