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Amanda C. de C. Williams
Researcher at University College London
Publications - 111
Citations - 13152
Amanda C. de C. Williams is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chronic pain & Pain catastrophizing. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 100 publications receiving 12215 citations. Previous affiliations of Amanda C. de C. Williams include St Thomas' Hospital & University of British Columbia.
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of cognitive behaviour therapy and behaviour therapy for chronic pain in adults, excluding headache
TL;DR: Cognitive-behavioural treatments based on the principle of cognitive behavioural therapy are effective and are associated with significant effect sizes on all domains of measurement.
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Handbook of pain assessment
TL;DR: Turk, Melzack, and Katz as discussed by the authors proposed the McGill Pain Questionnaire: Appraisal and current status to assess patients with chronic pain, and used it to measure the dimensions and stages of pain.
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Psychological therapies for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults
TL;DR: Overall there is an absence of evidence for behaviour therapy, except a small improvement in mood immediately following treatment when compared with an active control, and benefits of CBT emerged almost entirely from comparisons with treatment as usual/waiting list, not with active controls.
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Psychological therapies for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents
Christopher Eccleston,Tonya M. Palermo,Amanda C. de C. Williams,Amy S. Lewandowski,Stephen Morley,Emma Fisher,Emily F. Law +6 more
TL;DR: Analyses revealed psychological therapies to be beneficial for children with chronic pain on seven outcomes, and the impact of psychological therapies on depression and anxiety, which were previously combined as 'mood'.
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Facial expression of pain: an evolutionary account.
TL;DR: It is proposed that human expression of pain in the presence or absence of caregivers, and the detection of pain by observers, arises from evolved propensities.