Pain-related catastrophizing: We know it is important but why and how can we change it? Pain-related catastrophizing: We know it is important but why and how can we change it? Commentary on a paper by de Boer et al. (this issue).

The author discusses the effects of catastrophizing. He states that catastrophizing is a negative cognitive-affective response to pain. He investigated potential mechanism through which catastrophizing asserts its influence over pain-related outcomes. He states that there is a relationship between catastrophizing and pain. He also states that painful stimuli in the central nervous system is due to catastrophizing.