title: Behavioral factors in pain.
abstract: Pain is reconceptualized in learning-based behavioral terms. Methods to assess behavioral elements of pain and to discuss nonmedical influences on pain with patients as well as behaviorally based tactics for early and long-term management and reactivation are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Service, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Fordyce
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012803:Sick Role; D012931:Social Environment; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation