Reassurance: Help or hinder in the treatment of pain

aCenter for Health and Medical Psychology (CHAMP), Department of Behavioral, Social and Legal Sciences, Psychology Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden bPain Management Unit, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK cDepartment of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium dDepartment of Clinical Psychological Science, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands *Corresponding author. Tel.: +46 19 6022456. E-mail: email protected Submitted August 20, 2007; accepted October 1, 2007.