Recent Book
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents provides a practical guide for implementing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for children and their families coping with the consequences of persisting pain. The book is available from Oxford University Press. You may download printable PDFs of appendices. You may also download audio files of relaxation exercises (MP3, ZIP).
Selected Publications
Systematic review of family functioning in families of children and adolescents with chronic pain. Lewandowski AS, Palermo TM, Stinson J, Handley S, Chambers CT. J Pain. 2010 Nov;11(11):1027-38.
Behavioral and psychosocial factors associated with insomnia in adolescents with chronic pain. Palermo TM, Wilson AC, Lewandowski AS, Toliver-Sokol M, Murray CB. Pain. 2010 Oct 26.
Temporal daily associations between pain and sleep in adolescents with chronic pain versus healthy adolescents. Lewandowski AS, Palermo TM, De la Motte S, Fu R. Pain. 2010 Oct;151(1):220-5. Epub 2010 Aug 16.
Obesity in children and adolescents with chronic pain: associations with pain and activity limitations. Wilson AC, Samuelson B, Palermo TM. Clin J Pain. 2010 Oct;26(8):705-11.
Randomized controlled trials of psychological therapies for management of chronic pain in children and adolescents: an updated meta-analytic review. Palermo TM, Eccleston C, Lewandowski AS, Williams AC, Morley S. Pain. 2010 Mar;148(3):387-97. Epub 2009 Nov 11. Review.
Randomized controlled trial of an Internet-delivered family cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for children and adolescents with chronic pain. Palermo TM, Wilson AC, Peters M, Lewandowski A, Somhegyi H.
Parents of children and adolescents with chronic pain. Palermo TM, Eccleston C. Pain. 2009 Nov;146(1-2):15-7. Epub 2009 May 30.
Assessment of chronic pain in children: current status and emerging topics. Palermo TM. Pain Res Manag. 2009 Jan-Feb;14(1):21-6. Review.
Enhancing daily functioning with exposure and acceptance strategies: an important stride in the development of psychological therapies for pediatric chronic pain. Palermo TM. Pain. 2009 Feb;141(3):189-90. Epub 2008 Dec 27.
Sleep quality and efficiency in adolescents with chronic pain: relationship with activity limitations and health-related quality of life. Palermo TM, Fonareva I, Janosy NR.
Validation of a self-report questionnaire version of the Child Activity Limitations Interview (CALI): The CALI-21. Palermo TM, Lewandowski AS, Long AC, Burant CJ. Pain. 2008 Oct 31;139(3):644-52. Epub 2008 Aug 8.
Daily functioning and quality of life in children with sickle cell disease pain: relationship with family and neighborhood socioeconomic distress. Palermo TM, Riley CA, Mitchell BA.
Evidence-based assessment of health-related quality of life and functional impairment in pediatric psychology. Palermo TM, Long AC, Lewandowski AS, Drotar D, Quittner AL, Walker LS. J Pediatr Psychol. 2008 Oct;33(9):983-96; discussion 997-8. Epub 2008 Apr 22. Review.
Objective and subjective assessment of sleep in adolescents with chronic pain compared to healthy adolescents. Palermo TM, Toliver-Sokol M, Fonareva I, Koh JL. Clin J Pain. 2007 Nov-Dec;23(9):812-20.
Adolescent autonomy and family functioning are associated with headache-related disability. Palermo TM, Putnam J, Armstrong G, Daily S. Clin J Pain. 2007 Jun;23(5):458-65.
Effect of disease-related pain on the health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Palermo TM, Harrison D, Koh JL. Clin J Pain. 2006 Jul-Aug;22(6):532-7.
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