The current review and synthesis serves to define and contextualize fear of the unknown
relative to related constructs, such as intolerance of uncertainty, and contemporary models …

The current review and synthesis was designed to provocatively develop and evaluate the
proposition that “fear of the unknown may be a, or possibly the, fundamental fear”(Carleton …

The high prevalence and societal burden of chronic pain, its undertreatment, and disparities
in its management have contributed to the acknowledgment of chronic pain as a serious …

Context Record numbers of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans survive their war injuries and yet
continue to experience pain and mental health problems, particularly posttraumatic stress …

The purpose of this article is to describe the current state‐of‐the‐art regarding the co‐
occurrence of the anxiety disorders and chronic pain. First, we describe the core …

This study examines the prevalence and coprevalence with which returning Operation Iraqi
Freedom (OIF)/Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) veterans were reporting symptoms …

People with chronic pain commonly report impaired cognitive function. However, to date,
there has been no systematic evaluation of the body of literature concerning cognitive …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with both (1)'ill-defined'or 'medically
unexplained'somatic syndromes, eg unexplained dizziness, tinnitus and blurry vision, and …

Both posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression are highly comorbid with chronic
pain and have deleterious effects on pain and treatment outcomes, but the nature of the …

Suicidality is exceedingly prevalent in pain patients. Although the pathophysiology of this
link remains unclear, it may be potentially related to the partial congruence of physical and …