This book focuses on the reciprocal interactions between pain emotion and cognition.
International experts report on their findings clinical experience and the most recent
literature on the complex relations between these three domains. Clinical psychological
behavioral and neuroimaging approaches converge towards aiding patients suffering from pain
cognitive impairment or emotional distress.Beyond the pathophysiological aspects of pain
difficulties encountered with patients are analyzed and strategies are proposed to optimize
treatment doctor-patient relationships and patient well-being.This work will appeal to a
broad readership from clinical medical practitioners to psychologists nurses and pain
specialists.
