Andrew R. Block

Presurgical Psychological Screening in Chronic Pain Syndromes

A Guide for the Behavioral Health Practitioner

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This practice guide describes an approach to psychological evaluation of the chronic pain patient who is being considered for surgery. It identifies a multitude of risk factors for poor surgical outcome and reviews research associated with each risk factor.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780805824070
• ISBN-10: 0805824073
• Artikelnr.: 25855521

Autorenporträt

The WellBeing Group and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: D.C. Turk, Foreword. Preface. Introduction and Overview. Pain
Theories. Obtaining Medical Information. Interviewing the Spine Surgery
Candidate. Psychometric Testing of Spine Surgery Candidates: Personality
and Cognition. PPS Decision-Making: Determining Prognosis and Planning
Treatment. PPS Reporting. General Applications of PPS in Chronic Pain
Syndromes.