Articles by Dr. Howard Schubiner

Dr. Howard Schubiner

Explore the Science behind Pain and the Mind Body Connection

♦  A study showing that the vast majority of people with chronic neck and back pain do not have actual structural abnormalities causing the pain, published in the Journal of Pain, 2024   See Article

 The Boulder back pain study showing that a majority of people with chronic back pain were able to become pain-free using Pain Reprocessing Therapy, published in JAMA Psychiatry, 2021   See Article

A paper presenting a summary of our Mind Body approach published in Psychosomatic Medicine, 2019.   See Article

A paper discussing how racial discrimination can lead to the generation of pain, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2023.   See Article

A study showing that Emotional Awareness and Expression therapy was more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain in US military veterans, published in Pain Medicine, 2020.   See Article.

 Schubiner H. A commentary on: Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.   PracticeUpdate website.

 An article by Ron Siegel, Dick Schwartz and Howard Schubiner on Internal Family Systems and pain, Psychotherapy Networker.

 Article by Dr. Schubiner written for the magazine, Psychotherapy Networker.

 Mark Lumley and I published a large RCT on fibromyalgia in the journal, PAIN.

 Published Article in, Practical Pain Management.
 Recent article published with Mark Lumley in the journal, Psychosomatic Medicine:, Psychological therapy for centralized pain. Integrative assessment and treatment model.

  Emotional Awareness and Expression, as published in  Pain Medicine & Future Medicine