PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mckee, Michael G. TI - Behavioral techniques in pain modification DP - 1989 Jul 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 501--508 VI - 56 IP - 5 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/56/5/501.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/56/5/501.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med1989 Jul 01; 56 AB - Psychological variables and behavioral techniques influence pain behavior in chronic benign pain syndromes and in cancer pain. Such techniques affect patterns of thought, feeling, and action related to the experience and expression of pain. They demonstrably contribute to the therapy of patients with chronic benign pain and hold promise for increasing the quality of life for cancer patients.