Psychological Interventions for Pediatric Pain

Dear Colleagues,

Pain is a common experience in children and adolescents that may have adverse effects on both the child’s functioning, and/or psychological well-being, as well as on those in their environment such as parents or siblings. Psychological interventions for pediatric pain have significantly improved over the past decades. However, despite the growth of scientific knowledge in this area, inadequate pain management continues to be reported for children experiencing painful procedures and for children experiencing chronic pain.

The goal of this Special Issue in Children is to bring together a collection of cutting-edge articles that highlight innovations in psychological interventions for pediatric pain (acute and chronic) as well as articles focused on the scientific understanding of factors that influence psychological interventions for pediatric pain. We invite manuscripts focused on neonates through to emerging adults, and both healthy and clinical samples. Manuscripts’ formats can vary from reviews (systematic reviews, meta-analyses or narrative reviews) to original research (clinical trials, cohort studies, experimental lab-based studies, and case–control studies) as long as they are of high quality and advance the field of psychological interventions for pediatric pain.  

Prof. Dr. Tine Vervoort
Prof. Dr. Liesbet Goubert
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.