Browsing Department of Psychology by Subject "biopsychosocial"

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    • The Biopsychosocial Approach to Chronic Pain: Scientific Advances and Future Directions 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Peng, Yuan Bo; Peters, Madelon L.; Fuchs, Perry N.; Turk, Dennis C. (American Psychological AssociationDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2007-07)
      The prevalence and cost of chronic pain is a major physical and mental health care problem in the United States today. As a result, there has been a recent explosion of research on chronic pain, with significant advances ...

    • Criticisms of the Biopsychosocial Model in Spine Care: Creating and Then Attacking a Straw Person 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Turk, Dennis C. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2008-12)
      A previous article in Spine provided an erroneous and illogical critique of the biopsychosocial model. Evidence is used to refute concerns raised. We describe an evolving literature demonstrating the heuristic value of the ...

    • Emotional Distress and Medication Use in Two Acute Pain Populations: Jaw and Low Back 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Edwards, Deirdre M.; Stowell, Anna W.; Adams, Laura L. (Wiley-BlackwellDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2006-12)
      The present study was undertaken to compare emotional distress and functional ability between two common acute pain populations - - jaw pain (JAW; n = 135) and low back pain (LB; n=71). Patient groups were evaluated and ...

    • Psychosocial Factors That Can Influence the Self-Assessment of Function 

      Gatchel, Robert J. (Springer NetherlandsDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington., 2004-09)
      What has plagued the evaluation process in this area has been the level of agreement in the wide variation in the measures used to document a construct such as pain, as well as changes in that construct as reflected in the ...

    • The Relationships Among Depression, Pain, and Masticatory Functioning in Temporomandibular Disorder Patients 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Stowell, Anna W.; Buschang, Peter (Quintessence Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, 2006)
      Aims: To evaluate the effect of comorbid depression and pain on an early biopsychosocial intervention for acute temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients. Methods: Depressed (either - 3 - current or lifetime; n = 32) or ...