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Amanda C. de C. Williams

Amanda C. de C. Williams

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Neuroscience

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63
Citations
22695
World Ranking
3340
National Ranking
303

Overview

Amanda C. de C. Williams is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to the subfields of pharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, clinical psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their publication record includes numerous papers emphasizing pain management, chronic pain conditions, and related therapeutic interventions. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Psychological therapies for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults," 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "Managing patients with chronic pain during the COVID-19 outbreak: considerations for the rapid introduction of remotely supported (eHealth) pain management services," 2020, Pain
  • "Recommendations for the development, implementation, and reporting of control interventions in efficacy and mechanistic trials of physical, psychological, and self-management therapies: the CoPPS Statement," 2023, BMJ
  • "Gabapentin for chronic pelvic pain in women (GaPP2): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial," 2020, The Lancet
  • "Chronic pain in patients with inflammatory bowel disease," 2021, Pain

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum including musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, pain management and placebo effect, pediatric pain management techniques, migration, health and trauma, pain management and opioid use, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, and empathy and medical education. These areas reflect a multifaceted approach to understanding pain and its treatment across diverse populations and conditions.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Amanda C. de C. Williams include:

  • Christopher Eccleston
  • Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze
  • Emma Fisher
  • Temitayo Olugbade
  • Leslie Hearn

Their publications are often featured in established venues such as Pain, Journal of Pain, Scandinavian Journal of Pain, SSRN Electronic Journal, and BMJ Open. The highest publication count is observed in the journal Pain, indicating ongoing engagement with this flagship venue for pain research.

Amanda C. de C. Williams has contributed to academic literature beyond journal articles by authoring books, including a publication with UCL Press titled "Encountering Pain: Hearing, seeing, speaking" released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Handbook of pain assessment

    Amanda C. de C. Williams

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of cognitive behaviour therapy and behaviour therapy for chronic pain in adults, excluding headache

    Stephen Morley;Christopher Eccleston;Amanda Williams

  • Psychological therapies for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults

    Amanda C de C Williams;Christopher Eccleston;Stephen Morley

  • Psychological therapies for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents

    Christopher Eccleston;Tonya M Palermo;Amanda C de C Williams;Amy Lewandowski

  • Updating the definition of pain.

    Amanda C de C Williams;Kenneth D Craig

  • Facial expression of pain: an evolutionary account.

    Amanda C. de C. Williams

  • EAU guidelines on chronic pelvic pain

    Magnus Fall;Andrew P. Baranowski;Sohier Elneil;Daniel Engeler

  • A biopsychosocial formulation of pain communication

    Thomas Hadjistavropoulos;Kenneth D. Craig;Steve Duck;Annmarie Cano

  • The Compassionate Brain: Humans Detect Intensity of Pain from Another's Face

    Miiamaaria V Saarela;Yevhen Hlushchuk;Amanda C de C Williams;Martin Schürmann

  • Randomized controlled trials of psychological therapies for management of chronic pain in children and adolescents: an updated meta-analytic review.

    Tonya M. Palermo;Christopher Eccleston;Amy S. Lewandowski;Amanda C de C. Williams

  • Simple pain rating scales hide complex idiosyncratic meanings

    Amanda C.de C. Williams;Huw Talfryn Oakley Davies;Yasmin Chadury

  • Managing patients with chronic pain during the COVID-19 outbreak: considerations for the rapid introduction of remotely supported (eHealth) pain management services.

    Christopher Eccleston;Fiona M. Blyth;Blake F. Dear;Emma A. Fisher

  • Systematic review of outpatient services for chronic pain control.

    H J McQuay;R A Moore;Christopher Eccleston;S Morley

  • Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of psychological therapy for chronic pain in children and adolescents, with a subset meta-analysis of pain relief.

    Christopher Eccleston;Stephen Morley;Amanda Williams;Louise Yorke

  • Patients' and professionals' understandings of the causes of chronic pain: Blame, responsibility and identity protection

    Chris Eccleston;Amanda C. De C. Williams;Wendy Stainton Rogers

  • Developing patient-reported outcome measures for pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations

    Dennis C. Turk;Robert H. Dworkin;Laurie B. Burke;Richard Gershon

  • The 2013 EAU Guidelines on Chronic Pelvic Pain: Is Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain a Habit, a Philosophy, or a Science? 10 Years of Development

    Daniel S. Engeler;Andrew P. Baranowski;Paulo Dinis-Oliveira;Suzy Elneil

  • Social interaction in pain: reinforcing pain behaviors or building intimacy?

    Annmarie Cano;Amanda C. de C. Williams

  • The development of a battery of measures for assessing physical functioning of chronic pain patients.

    Vicki R. Harding;Amanda C de C Williams;Phil H. Richardson;Michael K. Nicholas

  • Pain in its environmental context: implications for designing environments to enhance pain control.

    Sara Malenbaum;Francis J. Keefe;Amanda C. de C. Williams;Roger Ulrich

  • Estimating the clinical effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy in the clinic: Evaluation of a CBT informed pain management programme

    Stephen Morley;Amanda Williams;Sumerra Hussain

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston University of Bath
Stephen Morley
Stephen Morley University of Leeds
Michael K. Nicholas
Michael K. Nicholas University of Sydney
Kenneth D. Craig
Kenneth D. Craig University of British Columbia
Tonya M. Palermo
Tonya M. Palermo University of Washington
Annmarie Cano
Annmarie Cano Wayne State University
Robert D. Kerns
Robert D. Kerns Yale University
Liesbet Goubert
Liesbet Goubert Ghent University
Tamar Pincus
Tamar Pincus Royal Holloway University of London
Riitta Hari
Riitta Hari Aalto University

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