Beverly E. Thorn
Professor and Chair
Primary Concentration:
  Secondary Concentration:
Clinical Health Psychology   Clinical Geropsychology
     
Contact Information:
  Courses:
Office: Rm. 348 Gordon Palmer Hall

Psychopathology, Physiological Psychology, Sex Therapy, Psychotherapy Practicum; Health Psychology Seminar; Introductory Psychology

Treatment Manual:

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Manual

 

Phone: 205-348-5024
FAX: (205)  348-8648  
E-Mail: Bthorn@as.ua.edu 
  Website:  

Research Interests: Assessment and treatment of persistent painful conditions; health behaviors; living with chronic illness
 
Research Affiliations: Clinical Health Psychology
  Center for Mental Health and Aging
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Recent Publications:

Thorn. B.E. (2004). Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Step-by-Step Approach. New York: Guilford Publications.

 

Thorn, B. E., Pence, L.B., Ward, L.C., Kilgo, G., Clements, K.L., Cross, T.H., Davis, A.M., & Tsui, P.W. (2007). A randomized clinical trial of cognitive behavioral treatment targeted at the reduction of catastrophizing in chronic headache sufferers. Journal of Pain, 68(12), 938-949.

  Pence, L.B., Thorn, B.E., Jensen, M.P., & Romano, J.M. (2008). Examination of the predictive ability of perceived spouse responses to patient well and pain behavior. Clinical Journal of Pain, 24 (8), 654-661.
 

Thorn, B.E., Walker, B.B. & McConley, R. (2010). Group psychotherapy in the management of chronic pain. Bonica’s Management of Pain, 4th edition. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, 1266-1284.

 

Day, M.A., Thorn, B.E., (2010). The relationship of demographic and psychosocial variables to pain-related outcomes in a rural chronic pain sample. Pain. 151(2), 467-474.