Pain, Emotion and Cognition: A Complex Nexus (Hardcover, 2015)

Part I Nociception, Pain, Emotion and Cognition Interconnections.- Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology of Nociception and Pain.- Emotional Aspects of Chronic Pain.- Cerebral and Spinal Modulation of Pain by Emotions and Attention.- Understanding the Suffering of Others: The Sources and Consequences of Third-person Pain.- Neuroplasticity in the Pain, Emotion and Cognition Nexus.- Part II Measurement Issues.- Tools that Should be Considered in Pain Assessment: Cognitive Factors, Emotion and Personality.- Pain Evaluation in Patients with Cognitive Impairment.- Behavioural/Facial Markers of Pain, Emotion, Cognition.- Part III Management Issues.- Pharmacological Pain Management: For Better or for Worse?.- Psychological Approaches to the Management of Pain, Cognition and Emotion.- Physical Therapy and Exercise: Impacts on Pain, Mood, Cognition, and Function.- Part IV Special Populations.- Phantom Pain: The Role of Maladaptive Plasticity, Emotional and Cognitive Variables.- Pain in Parkinson Patients.- Clinical Pain in Schizophrenia, a Forgotten Area.- The Pain, Emotion and Cognition Nexus in Older Persons and in Dementia.