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  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Pediatric Chronic Pain: The Problem, Research, and Practice 

    Noel, M., Petter, M., Parker, J.A., & Chambers, C.T. (2012). Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for pediatric chronic pain: The problem, research, and practice. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 26, 143-156.
    The purpose of this paper is to outline the rationale and use of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for the treatment of pediatric chronic pain. The paper begins by demonstrating the scope and impact of the problem of ...
  • Impact of threat level, task instruction, and individual characteristics on cold pressor pain and fear among children and their parents 

    Boerner, K.E., Noel, M., Birnie, K.A., Caes, L., Petter, M., & Chambers, C.T. (2015). Impact of threat level, task instruction, and individual characteristics on cold pressor pain and fear among children and their parents. Pain Practice, 16(6), 657-68.
    The cold pressor task (CPT) is increasingly used to induce experimental pain in children, but the specific methodology of the CPT is quite variable across pediatric studies. This study examined how subtle variations in CPT ...
  • “Pain is not over when the needle ends”: A review and preliminary model of acute pain memory development in childhood 

    Noel, M., Chambers, C.T., Petter, M., McGrath, P.J., Klein, R.M., & Stewart, S.H. (2012). Pain is not over when the needle ends: A review and preliminary model of acute pain memory development in childhood. Pain Management, 2, 487-497. doi: 10.2217/pmt.12.41. PMID: 24645865.
    Over the past several decades, the field of pediatric pain has made impressive advances in our understanding of the pain experience of the developing child, as well as the devastating impact of inadequately managed pain ...
  • The role of trait mindfulness in the pain experience of adolescents 

    Petter, M., Chambers, C.T., McGrath, P.J., & Dick, B.D. (2013). The role of trait mindfulness in the pain experience of adolescents. The Journal of Pain, 14, 1709-1718. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.08.015. PMID: 2429045
    Trait mindfulness appears to mitigate pain among adult clinical populations, and has a unique relationship with pain catastrophizing. However, little is understood about this phenomenon among adolescents. The association ...