Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington.
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington.
Am Psychol. 2014 Feb-Mar;69(2):105-18. doi: 10.1037/a0035641.
Chronic pain is a prevalent problem with significant costs to individuals, significant others, and society. In this article, which introduces the American Psychologist special issue on chronic pain, we provide an overview of the seminal contributions made by psychologists to our current understanding of this important problem. We also describe the primary treatments that have been developed based on psychological principles and models of pain, many of which have demonstrated efficacy for reducing pain and its impact on psychological and physical functioning. The article ends with an enumeration of directions for future research and clinical practice. We believe that the chronicle of psychology's role in improving our understanding and treatment of pain provides a model for how psychologists can have a significant influence on many fields, and that the models and approaches developed for understanding and treating pain may be of use to psychologists working in other areas. Thus, we think that chronic pain is an important area of study that offers insights about translational research for ALL psychologists.
慢性疼痛是一个普遍存在的问题，给个人、重要他人和社会带来了巨大的成本。在本文中，我们介绍了《美国心理学家》杂志关于慢性疼痛的特刊，概述了心理学家对我们当前理解这一重要问题的重要贡献。我们还描述了根据心理原则和疼痛模型开发的主要治疗方法，其中许多方法已被证明能有效减轻疼痛及其对心理和身体功能的影响。文章最后列举了未来研究和临床实践的方向。我们相信，心理学在提高我们对疼痛的理解和治疗方面所起的作用的记录为心理学家如何对许多领域产生重大影响提供了一个模式，并且为理解和治疗疼痛而开发的模型和方法可能对从事其他领域工作的心理学家也有帮助。因此，我们认为慢性疼痛是一个重要的研究领域，为所有心理学家提供了关于转化研究的见解。
