Reducing catastrophic thinking associated with pain REVIEW
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ISSN 1758-1869 10.2217/PMT.11.14 © 2011 Future Medicine Ltd Pain Manage. (2011) 1(3), 249–256 SUMMARY Over the past two decades increasingly compelling research has identified pain catastrophizing as an important psychological risk factor for a wide range of pain‐related outcomes. In response to this literature, there have been calls for the clinical use of catastrophizing as a prognostic indicator of problematic recovery, and for the development of clinical interventions that target catastrophizing and its correlates. This article provides a review of the evidence‐based assessment and management tools that are available
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