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Annotated Bibliography for Psychophysiologic Disorders and Chronic Pain

PPDA
by Jeffrey Axelbank, PsyD, Georgie Oldfield, MCSP, and David Clarke, MD
May 2023

Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain

JAMA Psychiatry
by Yoni K. Ashar, Alan Gordon, and Howard Schubiner
September 2021
Also, check out this Washington Post article about the study.

"I Don't Have Chronic Back Pain Anymore": Patient Experiences in Pain Reprocessing Therapy for Chronic Back Pain

The Journal of Pain
by Hallie Tankha, et al.
April 2023

At the intersection of anger, chronic pain, and the brain: A mini-review

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
by Brandon C. Yarns, Justina T. Cassidy, Amy M. Jimenez
February 2022

Psychological Therapy for Centralized Pain:
An Integrative Assessment and Treatment Model

Psychosomatic Medicine
by Mark A. Lumley and Howard Schubiner
February/March 2019

Racism as a Source of Pain

by Howard Schubiner, MD, Benita Jackson, PhD MPH, Kristine M. Molina, PhD, John A. Sturgeon, PhD, Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, PhD, MPH, Mark A. Lumley, PhD, Jallicia Jolly, PhD, and Zina Trost, PhD
December 2022

General Psychophysiologic Medicine

Psychophysiologic symptom relief therapy for chronic back pain: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Pain Reports
by Michael W. Donnino; Garrett S. Thompson; Shivanib Mehta; Myrellac Paschali; Patriciab Howard; Sofie B. Antonsen; Lakshmanb Balaji; Suzanne M. Bertisch; Robert Edwards; Long H. Ngo; Anne V. Grossestreuer
October 2021

Future Directions in Psychological Therapies for Pain Management

Pain Medicine
by Asimina Lazaridou, Myrella Paschali, and Robert R. Edwards
November 2020

Chronic pain after surgery: Let’s talk about the elephant(s) in the room

Pain News - The British Pain Society
By Deepak Ravindran
March 2020

Emotional awareness and expression therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and education for fibromyalgia:
a cluster-randomized controlled trial

PAIN, The Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain
by Mark A. Lumley, Howard Schubiner, Nancy A. Lockhart, Kelley M. Kidwell, Steven E. Harte, Daniel J. Clauw, and David A. Williams
December 2017

Psychophysiologic Disorders:
Diagnosis and Treatment of Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Chronic Functional Syndromes

Families, Systems, & Health
by David D. Clarke
December 2016

Direct diagnosis and management of emotional factors in the chronic headache patients

Cephalalgia
By A. Abbass, D. Lovas, and A. Purdy
December 2008

Somatization: Diagnosing it sooner through emotion-focused interviewing

The Journal of Family Practice
by Allan Abbass
March 2005

The Neurobiology and Consequences of Trauma

What is the association between childhood adversity and subsequent chronic pain in adulthood? A systematic review

Science Direct
By Karen P. Nicolson, et al.
June 2023

Adverse childhood events and adult chronic pain: Dealing with the ACEs that life has deal you

Pain News - The British Pain Society
By R. Munglani
March 2020

Relationship between traumatic events in childhood and chronic pain (Abstract)

Disability and Rehabilitation
By RT Goldberg, et al.
January 1999

Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study.

American Journal of Preventative Medicine
by V J Felitti, et al.
May 1998

Childhood psychological trauma correlates with unsuccessful lumbar spine surgery

Spine
by J. Schofferman, et al.
June 1992

The Limitations of Imaging & Procedures

Spinal cord stimulation for low back pain

Cochrane Library
by Adrian C Traeger, Stephen E Gilbert, Ian A Harris, and Christopher G Maher
March 2023
Also, check out this The University of Sydney article about the study.