TY - JOUR
T1 - From the clinic to the lab (and back): a call for laboratory research to optimize cognitive behavioural treatment of pain
AU - Van Damme, S
AU - Moore, David J
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is the dominant psychological treatment for chronic pain. CBT covers a mixture of aims and a broad range of techniques, including attentional control, modification of maladaptive beliefs and coping strategies and flexible goal setting and acceptance. Patients are exposed to varying selections of these strategies, and a major challenge for clinical practice is to determine what works for whom in which context. We propose that incorporating laboratory research into translational behaviour medicine is a critical developmental step that will help optimizing CBT and provide examples of representative experimental research programs.
AB - Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is the dominant psychological treatment for chronic pain. CBT covers a mixture of aims and a broad range of techniques, including attentional control, modification of maladaptive beliefs and coping strategies and flexible goal setting and acceptance. Patients are exposed to varying selections of these strategies, and a major challenge for clinical practice is to determine what works for whom in which context. We propose that incorporating laboratory research into translational behaviour medicine is a critical developmental step that will help optimizing CBT and provide examples of representative experimental research programs.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13142-011-0083-6
U2 - 10.1007/s13142-011-0083-6
DO - 10.1007/s13142-011-0083-6
M3 - Article
SN - 1869-6716
VL - 2
SP - 102
EP - 105
JO - Translational Behavioral Medicine
JF - Translational Behavioral Medicine
IS - 1
ER -