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Coping Strategies in Chronic Pain

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Patients with chronic pain need strategies to manage their pain and its impact, also known as coping. Coping is not restricted to one dimension of functioning; it involves virtually every dimension of human functioning: cognitive, affective, behavioral, and physiological. We review the literature on coping strategies for chronic pain, including concept and types of coping (eg, religious, social, psychological), as well as coping-with-pain questionnaires, studies available, other topics of interest, interventions to enhance coping with pain, and future directions in this field.

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    Mario F. P. Peres

  2. Department of Neurology, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil

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Peres, M.F.P., Lucchetti, G. Coping Strategies in Chronic Pain. Curr Pain Headache Rep 14, 331–338 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-010-0137-3

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