Health Anxiety, Pain and Insomnia (HAPI) Research Group

Chronic pain

Health Anxiety Pain & Insomnia Research Group

Selected publications:

  • Rode, S., Salkovskis, P., Dowd, H., & Hanna, M. (2006). Health anxiety levels in chronic pain clinic attenders. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60(2), 155-161.
  • Rode, S., Salkovskis, P., & Jack, T. (2001). An experimental study of attention, labelling and memory in people suffering from chronic pain. Pain, 94(2), 193-203.
  • Tang, N.K.Y., & Crane, C. (2006). Suicidality in chronic pain: A review of the prevalence, risk factors and psychological links. Psychological Medicine, 36(5), 575-586.
  • Tang, N.K.Y., Salkovskis, P., & Hanna, M. (2007). Mental defeat in chronic pain: Initial exploration of the concept. Clinical Journal of Pain, 23 (3), 222-232.
  • Tang, N.K.Y., Wright, K., & Salkovskis, P.M. (2007). Prevalence and correlates of clinical insomnia co-occurring with chronic pain. Journal of Sleep Research, 16 (1), 85-95.
  • Tang, N.K.Y., Salkovskis, P.M., Poplavskaya, E., Wright, K. J., Hanna, M., & Hester, J. (2007). Increased Use of Safety-Seeking Behaviors in Chronic Back Pain Patients with High Health Anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45 (12), 2821 - 2835.
  • Tang, N.K.Y., Salkovskis, P.M., Hodges, A., Wright, K. J., Hanna, M., & Hester, J. (2008). Effects of mood on pain responses and pain tolerance: An experimental study in chronic back pain patients. Pain, 138 (2008) 392–401
  • Tang, N.K.Y. (2008). Insomnia co-occurring with chronic pain: Clinical features, interaction, assessments and possible interventions. Reviews in Pain [invited review], volume 2, 2-7.
  • Tang, N.K.Y., Salkovskis, P.M., Hodges, A., Soong, E., Hanna, M., & Hester, J. (2009). Chronic pain syndrome associated with health anxiety: A qualitative thematic comparison between pain patients with high and low health anxiety. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48, 1–20
  • Tang, N.K.Y., Goodchild, C.E., Salkovskis, P.M., & Hester, J. (2010). Mental defeat is linked to interference, distress and disability in chronic pain. Pain, 149(3), 547-554.
  • Edwards, M.J., Wright, A.M., Tang, N.K.Y., Timberlake, M.C., & Salkovskis, P.M. (under review). Thinking about thinking about pain: A qualitative study investigating rumination in chronic pain.
  • Tang, N.K.Y. (2009). Cognitive behavioral therapy for sleep abnormalities of chronic pain patients. Current Rheumatology Reports, 11(6), 451-460. [invited review]
  • Tang, N.K.Y. (2010). Brief CBT-I for insomnia comorbid with social phobia: A case study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 38(1), 113-122.