Michael Sullivan
Professor
Department of Psychology
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Sullivan studies the psychology of pain and disability. He is known primarily for his research on the relation between catastrophic thinking and pain experience, and for the development of community-based approaches to the management of pain-related disability. Current research focuses on the communication of pain experience and the prediction of problematic health outcomes.
Research Interest
Health Psychology
Publications
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Sullivan, M.J.L., Adams, H., Martel, M.O., Scott, W., Wideman, T.H. (2011). Catastrophizing and perceived injustice: Risk factors for the transition to chronicity following whiplash injury. Spine, 36, S244 – S249.
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Sullivan, M.J.L. (2012). The Communal Coping Model of pain catastrophizing: Clinical and research implications. Canadian Psychology, 53, 32-41.
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Sullivan, M.J.L., Adams, H., Ellis, T. (2013). A Psychosocial Risk-Targeted Intervention to Reduce Work Disability: Development, Evolution and Implementation Challenges. Psychological Injury and Law, DOI:10.1007/s12207-013-9171-x
