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A literature-based intervention for people with chronic pain

Josie BillingtonCentre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, 213 Whelan Building, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 3GB, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anne Louise HumphreysSchool of Health Sciences, University of Liverpool, Johnstone Building, LiverpoolL69 3GB, UKView further author information
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Andrew JonesDepartment of Aneasthesia and Pain Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, LiverpoolL7 8XP, UKView further author information
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Kate McDonnellThe Reader Organisation, The Friary Centre, Bute Street, LiverpoolL5 3LA, UKView further author information
Pages 13-31 | Received 25 Jul 2014, Accepted 19 Aug 2014, Published online: 15 Sep 2014

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Dalya Samur, Olivier Luminet & Sander L. Koole. (2017) Alexithymia predicts lower reading frequency: The mediating roles of mentalising ability and reading attitude. Poetics 65, pages 1-11.
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Josie Billington, Grace Farrington, Sofia Lampropoulou, Jamie Lingwood, Andrew Jones, James Ledson, Kate McDonnell, Nicky Duirs & Anne-Louise Humphreys. (2017) A comparative study of cognitive behavioural therapy and shared reading for chronic pain. Medical Humanities 43:3, pages 155-165.
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Josie Billington, Eleanor Longden & Jude Robinson. (2016) A literature-based intervention for women prisoners: preliminary findings. International Journal of Prisoner Health 12:4, pages 230-243.
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