TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain A1 - Turk, Dennis C. A1 - Okifuji, Akiko A2 - Bajwa, Zahid H. A2 - Wootton, R. Joshua A2 - Warfield, Carol A. PY - 2016 T2 - Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3e AB - Pain is a complex, perceptual experience, defined as an “unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.”1 One of the critical developments in the past several decades in pain research is the progress in our understanding of the multifactorial, biobehavioral mechanisms involved with chronic pain.2 Research has consistently shown the importance of using multimodal approaches to treat patients with chronic pain3 because monotherapies appear to provide less than optimal relief.4 These developments have pointed to various psychological factors—cognitive, emotional, and behavioral—as significant contributors for pain modulation and pain-related disability.5 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1131931367 ER -