Chronic nonmalignant pain makes individuals prone to stigmatizing reactions of others.
Stigmatizing responses are devaluing and discrediting responses of observers toward …

Pain is often poorly recognized, inadequately assessed, and unsuccessfully managed
among people in mainstream society, 7, 40 but this is particularly the case for people who …

Compared with other psychiatric disorders, diagnosis of factitious disorders is rare, with
identification largely dependent on the systematic collection of relevant information …

Pain education is a popular treatment approach for persistent pain that involves learning a
variety of concepts about pain (ie, target concepts), which is thought to be an important part …

It has been proposed that the definition of pain ideally recognizes not only sensory,
cognitive, and emotional dimensions, but also a social dimension. 107 Although it is widely …

Although it is widely recognized that the United States has a severe and broad systemic
racism problem, recent events have dramatically elevated the issue. Widespread protests in …

Objective A growing body of literature shows that justice-related appraisals are significant
determinants of pain-related outcomes and prolonged trajectories of recovery. We …

Objective To investigate the effectiveness of chronic pain self-management support with
pain science education and exercise (COMMENCE) on improving function, pain …

This review discusses chronic pain, multiple modifiable lifestyle factors, such as stress,
insomnia, diet, obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity, and the …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review synthesizes recent findings related to the
biopsychosocial processes that underlie racial disparities in chronic pain, while highlighting …