Beyond Traumatic Events and Chronic Low Back Pain: Assessment and Treatment Implications of Avoided Emotional Experiences

Overview

Journal Pain

Specialties Neurology
Psychiatry

Date 2015 Mar 20

PMID 25790449

Citations 2

Authors

Mark A Lumley

Howard Schubiner

Jennifer N Carty

Maisa S Ziadni

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