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RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


2020 Aug 12


Cochrane Database Syst Rev


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Psychological therapies for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults.

Authors

de Williams ACC, Fisher E, Hearn L, Eccleston C
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Aug 12; 8:CD007407.
PMID: 32794606.

Abstract

Chronic non-cancer pain, a disabling and distressing condition, is common in adults. It is a global public health problem and economic burden on health and social care systems and on people with chronic pain. Psychological treatments aim to reduce pain, disability and distress. This review updates and extends its previous version, published in 2012.