Anxiety, Depression, and Anger in Pain (ADAP) by Dr. Ephrem Fernandez

“Anxiety, Depression, and Anger in Pain by Ephrem Fernandez, Ph.D. is clearly the most comprehensive source for information written about this topic, and establishes Dr. Fernandez as the leading scholar in this area of clinical investigation. The book offers a thoughtful integration of the relevant theory and empirical research on the relationships between negative emotions and the experience of pain, as well as a sophisticated consideration of the clinical implications of these relationships for the field of pain management.”

– Robert D. Kerns, Ph.D. Chief, Psychology Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, and Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Neurology & Psychology, Yale University

“Anxiety, Depression, and Anger in Pain is a small treasure. Fernandez reviews all the relevant studies on each emotion as it relates to pain, from epidemiologic to experimental to case study, and evaluates their implications for both causality and treatment. The old question of whether it is the pain that causes the affective response, or vice versa, is well handled, as is the issue of whether and to what extent physiological and psychological diathesis is involved. There is no stumbling over dualism here. The clinician as well as the researcher will find much to use.”

– Richard A. Sternbach, Ph.D. Founding and Honorary Member, International Association for the Study of Pain, and Founding Member and Past President, American Pain Society. Formerly Director, Pain Treatment Center, Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation, La Jolla, California.

“Fernandez’s book “Anxiety, Depression, and Anger in Pain” will change the present milieu by highlighting the importance of the emotional component of pain. Each of the three key chapters on Anxiety, Depression and Anger comprehensively review the role of the emotions. Topics include phenomenological and psychiatric descriptions, epidemiological data, gender, age and genetic differences, interactions between pain and affect, assessment instruments, biological and psychosocial mechanisms, treatment strategies and future directions.”

– W. Crawford Clark, Ph.D., Professor of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry – Unit #50, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University