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Section 2
Chronic Pain and Negative Thoughts

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- Murphy, J.L., McKellar, J.D., Raffa, S.D., Clark, M.E., Kerns, R.D., & Karlin, B.E. (n.d). Cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain among veterans: Therapist manual. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 73-76.

Update
Potential Role of Pain Catastrophic Thinking in
Comorbidity Patients of Depression and Chronic Pain

- Chen, Y., Ju, P., Xia, Q., Cheng, P., Gao, J., Zhang, L., Gao, H., Cheng, X., Yu, T., Yan, J., Wang, Q., Zhu, C., & Zhang, X. (2022). Potential Role of Pain Catastrophic Thinking in Comorbidity Patients of Depression and Chronic Pain. Frontiers in psychiatry, 13, 839173. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.839173

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Andrews-Hanna, J. R., Woo, C.-W., Wilcox, R., Eisenbarth, H., Kim, B., Han, J., Losin, E. A. R., & Wager, T. D. (2022). The conceptual building blocks of everyday thought: Tracking the emergence and dynamics of ruminative and nonruminative thinking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(3), 628–642.

Burns, J. W., Van Dyke, B. P., Newman, A. K., Morais, C. A., & Thorn, B. E. (2020). Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and pain education for people with chronic pain: Tests of treatment mechanisms. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(11), 1008–1018. 

Freed, R. D., Emmert-Aronson, B. O., Alschuler, K. N., & Otis, J. D. (2019). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Coping Strategies Questionnaire—Revised for veterans with pain. Psychological Services, 16(4), 535–542. 

Holmes, S. C., Gonzalez, A., Allen, P. A., & Johnson, D. M. (2019). Utilizing group acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to address chronic pain, coping, and functioning for patients with Chiari malformation: A case example. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 50(5), 296–306.

Magson, N. R., Rapee, R. M., Fardouly, J., Forbes, M. K., Richardson, C. E., Johnco, C. J., & Oar, E. L. (2019). Measuring repetitive negative thinking: Development and validation of the Persistent and Intrusive Negative Thoughts Scale (PINTS). Psychological Assessment, 31(11), 1329–1339.

QUESTION 2
What are examples of self-monitoring that your patient/client can use to process his/her negative thoughts associated with pain? To select and enter your answer go to Test.