Pain: Theory, Research and Intervention (Health Psychology)

A textbook for a graduate or undergraduate course in psychology, exploring current research in key areas of pain and its management, and placing the research in historical perspective. Discusses the explanations that have been advanced for pain and their shortcomings, how theoretical models account for apparent anomalies in the experience of pain, implications for clinical practice, and how practice has guided theory. Includes a glossary without pronunciation. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.