An umbrella review of the literature on the effectiveness of psychological interventions for pain reduction.
Georgios MarkozannesEleni AretouliEvangelia RintouElena DragiotiDimitrios DamigosEvangelia NtzaniEvangelos EvangelouKonstantinos K TsilidisPublished in: BMC psychology (2017)
The present findings reveal the lack of strong supporting empirical evidence for the effectiveness of psychological treatments for pain management and highlight the need to further evaluate the established approach of psychological interventions to ameliorate pain.