Table of Contents

Part I: Basic Concepts for the Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain * Basic Concepts of Pain* Neural Mechanisms of Pain* The Psychology of Pain* Psychobiological Mechanisms in Chronic Pain Part II: Multiaxial Assessment of Chronic Pain Patients * Evaluation of the Patient with Chronic Pain* Assessment of Physical Pathology and Physical Functioning* Psychophysiological Assessment of Chronic Pain* Assessment of Characteristics of Pain and Pain Behaviors: Laboratory and Clinical Methods* Psychosocial Assessment* Identifying Patient Subgroups and Matching Patients with Treatments Part III: Treatment of Chronic Pain * General Principles in the Treatment of Chronic Pain* Relaxation and Biofeedback* Operant Group Treatment* An Introduction to the Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Chronic Pain Management* Applying the Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Chronic Pain Management* The Efficacy of Psychological Treatments for Chronic Pain* New Vistas on the Behavioral Treatment of Chronic Pain Appendices (online)

About the Author

Herta Flor, PhD, studied psychology at the Universities of Wurzburg, Tubingen, and Yale, and obtained her PhD at the University of Tubingen. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with a specialization in behavior therapy. Since 2000 she has served as Scientific Director of the Department of Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology at the Central Institute of Mental Health and as a full professor at the University of Heidelberg. She has made important discoveries in the field of pain and phantom phenomena, including the cortical processing of pain-related information in humans. Her research focuses on the interaction of brain and behavior, in particular the question of how behavior and experience influence neural processes and how neural processes alter behavior and experience. Dennis C. Turk, PhD, is the John and Emma Bonica Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Research and Director of the Center for Pain Research on Impact, Measurement, & Effectiveness (C-PRIME) at the University of Washington. A charter member of the International Association for the Study of Pain and a founding member of the American Pain Society, Dr. Turk is a fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and the American Psychological Association. Dr. Turk is currently Editor-in-Chief of The Clinical Journal of Pain, Co-Chair of the Initiative on Methods, Measurement, & Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT), and Co-Director of the Executive Committee for the Analgesic Clinical Trials Translations, Innovations, Opportunities, & Networks (ACTTION) initiative.