*Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
†Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Arlington, TX
Financial Support and Disclosure: Dr Turk's efforts were supported by National Institutes of Health Grant AR44724. Dr Gatchel's efforts were supported by National Institutes of Health Grants MH45462, DE10713, MH71892 and from the Department of Defense DAMD17003-1-0055.
Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest: Dr Turk is a consultant for Abbott Labs, Cephalon, Empi, Ortho-McNeil; Reuters, Schwarz-BioSciences, Wyeth, has received honorarium in the past 3 years from Alpharma, AstraZeneca, Forest, Ligand, Lilly, Ortho-McNeil, Pfizer, Schwarz Biosciences, and had a grant from Endo Pharmaceuticals. Dr Gatchel is a consultant to PRIDE Research Foundation and West Coast Spine Restoration Center.
Reprints: Dennis C. Turk, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Campus Box 356540, Seattle, WA 98195 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Received for publication January 27, 2008; accepted January 27, 2008