Open Access“Ooh, It Was All So Awful”
Author(s) -
Helen Chapman
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jdr clinical and translational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.86
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2380-0852
pISSN - 2380-0844
DOI - 10.1177/2380084416673799
Subject(s) - worry , narrative , psychology , social psychology , cognitive psychology , anxiety , psychiatry , philosophy , linguistics
This narrative illustrates how patient post-operative pain experiences can be influenced by worry, catastrophizing, previous learning experiences, and expectations about what will happen and how they will cope. It also demonstrates that a sympathetic dentist can help shape these expectations to the benefit of patients.
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