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Placebo interventions generate mismatches between expected pain and sensory signals from which pain states are inferred. Since we lack direct access to bodily states, we can only infer whether nociceptive […]
Learn More >Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an inflammatory skin condition with multiple systemic treatments and uncertainty regarding their comparative impact on AD outcomes.
Learn More >Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common skin condition with multiple topical treatment options, but uncertain comparative effects.
Learn More >Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience. Both pain and emotions are warning signals against outside harm. Interoception, bodily sensations of emotions can be assessed with the emBODY tool […]
Learn More >Relaxation and distraction provided by virtual reality presentations might be analgesic and reduce the need for opioid analgesia. We tested the hypothesis that a virtual reality program (AppliedVR) decreases acute […]
Learn More >Evidence suggests reduced sensitivity to pain due to high pain threshold in anorexia and bulimia nervosa and a possible role of depression, alexithymia and interoceptive awareness on pain experience. This […]
Learn More >Real-life headache presentations may fit more than one ICHD3 diagnosis. This project seeks to exhaustively list all logically consistent “co-diagnoses” according to the ICHD3 criteria. We limited our project to […]
Learn More >Pain-related aversive memory is common in chronic pain patients. Electroacupuncture has been demonstrated to block pain-related aversive memory. The insular cortex is a key region closely related to aversive behaviors. […]
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A revitalized biopsychosocial model: core theory, research paradigms, and clinical implications.
The biopsychosocial model (BPSM) was proposed by George Engel in 1977 as an improvement to the biomedical model (BMM), to take account of psychological and social as well as biological […]
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