title: Pain as a learned response: a review of behavioral factors in chronic pain.
abstract: This review of the literature on pain behavior suggests that learning factors may have a critical role in shaping an individual's response to pain. Understanding these pain behaviors becomes especially helpful in diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Burdette
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Gale
mesh_terms: D001244:Association; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007858:Learning; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000523:psychology