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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013 Dec 27;0:61–78. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.12.006

Table 2.

Psychological Processes and Treatment Approaches

Process Psychological Treatment References
Physiological Systems
 Autonomic dysregulation Progressive muscle relaxation (Emery et al., 2008)
 Stress Biofeedback (Nestoriuc and Martin, 2007)
 Sleep Sleep Hygiene (Tang et al., 2012b)
 Sensory-Emotional Integration Timing Self-monitoring; self-regulation (Sauer et al., 2010)
 Sensory motor processing Yoga (Ward et al., 2013) (Cramer et al., 2012)
Psychological Systems
 Cognition Mindfulness and acceptance (Veehof et al., 2011)
 Interoception Attention modification (Carleton et al., 2011; Sharpe et al., 2012)
 Anxiety Sensitivity
 Perception Graded motor imagery (Bowering et al., 2013; Walz et al., 2013)
 Pain-related fear Exposure (Bailey et al., 2010)
 Anxiety Cognitive reappraisal (Ochsner et al., 2006)
 Motivation Goal setting (Sauer et al., 2010)
 Reward and Aversion Values based action (Vowles et al., 2011)
Motivational enhancement therapy (Vong et al., 2011)
 Anhedonic state Depression Behavioral activation (Dimidjian et al., 2011)
 Catastrophizing Cognitive reappraisal (Lawrence et al., 2011; Thorn et al., 2007)