CURRICULUM VITAE (Jan2015)

Professor Chris J Main

M.A.(Hons); M.Phil., Ph.D; C.Psychol. F.B.Ps.S.

Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology Keele University

Clinical & Health Psychologist

HPC Registration No. PYL 16208

Principal Academic Base

Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre

Keele University,

Staffs , ST5 5BG.

U.K.

Tel +44 (0)1782 733922: (Sue Weir)

Fax 44 (0)1782 733911

Date of Birth: 8th June 1947

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland.

Academic and Professional Qualifications

  • M.A. (Double Hons) in Mental Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, 1970 and General, Experimental and Social Psychology, University of Glasgow, 1972. Second Class.
  • M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology. Edinburgh, 1974.
  • Ph.D. in the Faculty of Medicine. Glasgow, 1984.
  • Graduate member of British Psychological Society, 1976.
  • Elected Fellow of British Psychological Society, 1985.
  • Chartered Psychologist 1990.

Previous Appointments:

1972 – 1974Trainee Clinical Psychologist (Fife Health Authority)

1974 – 1976Basic Grade Clinical Psychologist (RoyalEdinburghHospital)

1976 – 1982Senior Clinical Psychologist (GartnavelRoyalHospital, Glasgow)

1982MRC Research Fellow, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery (University of Glasgow)

1982 – 1987Principal Clinical Psychologist (Salford Health Authority)

1987 – 1994Top Grade (Consultant) Clinical Psychologist (Salford Health Authority and Head of Dept. of Clinical Psychology, HopeHospital)

1994 – 2002Head of Dept. of Behavioural Medicine (Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust) and Consultant Psychologist, Manchester and Salford Pain Centre.

1982 – 1987Hon. Research Fellow (University of Manchester)

1987 – 1997Hon. Reader (University of Manchester)

1997 - 2003Hon. Personal Chair, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manchester

2002 - 2003Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust

2004 - 2005Professor of Clinical and Occupational Rehabilitation, University of Manchester

2004 - 2005Visiting Professor at Primary Care Science Research Centre, KeeleUniversity

2006 -2014Professor of Clinical Psychology (Pain Management);

Keele University

Current Appointments Held:

2015-Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, Keele University

Authored Books, Monographs and Reports):

There may be some omissions from the CV prior to 1995

1978 -1995

  • Main CJ (ed) (1982) Clinical Psychology and Medicine: A behavioural Perspective. New York, Plenum Press
  • Main CJ (1982) New Approaches to the treatment of Pain: Report of Travelling Fellowship to N.America , Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, London
  • Main CJ (1984) Psychological factors in low back pain, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Glasgow
  • Parker H & Main CJ (1990)Living with Back Pain. Manchester, Manchester University Press

1995-2000

  • Roland M., Waddell G., Klaber-Moffett J., Burton A.K., Main C.J., and Cantrill E. (1996) The Back Book. The Stationary Office, Norwich.
  • Kendall N., Linton S.L., and Main C.J. (1997) Guide to assessing psychological yellow flags in acute low back pain: risk factors for long term disability and work loss. Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation of New Zealand and the National Health Committee. Wellington, N.Z.
  • Main C.J. and Spanswick C.C. (2000) Pain Management: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Churchill Livingstone

2001-2005

  • Roland M., Waddell G., Klaber-Moffett J., Burton A.K., and Main C.J. (2002) The Back Book (2nd Edition). The Stationary Office, Norwich.

(This has now been translated into 20 languages).

  • Waddell G., Burton A.K., and Main C.J. (2003) Screening of DWP clients for risk of long-term incapacity: a conceptual and scientific review. Royal Society of Medicine Monograph; Royal Society of Medicine Press London.
  • Main C.J. Phillips C.J., Thomas A.P. and Farrell A (2004) THE WALES HEALTH WORK REPORT. Welsh Assembly Government (and Dept. for Work & pensions, U.K.)
  • Burton A.K., Bartys S., Wright I.A. and Main C.J. (2005) Obstacles to recovery from musculoskeletal disorders in industry. HSE Research Report RR323. H.S.E Books, H.M.S.O. Norwich.

2006-2010

  • Phillips C.J., Main C.J., Buck R., Button L., Farr A., Havard L. and Brown G.

(2006) profiling the community in Merthyr Tydfil: problems, challenges and opportunities. Wellbeing in Work Partnership Study I: Final Report. Cardiff, Wales Centre for Health.

  • Buck R., Phillips C.J., Main C.J., Barnes M.C, Aylward M. and Waddell G

(2006) Conditionality in Context: Incapacity Benefit and Social Deprivation in Merthyr Tydfil. Cardiff, Wales Centre for Health. Report commissioned for the M.P. for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

  • Wynne-Jones G, Jordan J, Glozier N, Main CJ, A systematic bibliography of the relationship between employee health and occupational performance, Final report, Report to the British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF), September 2007
  • Buck R., Varnava A., Wynne-Jones G., Phillips C.J., Farewell D.,Porteous C., Webb K., Button L., Cooper C. and Main C.J. (2008). Health and well-being in Work in Merthyr Tydfill: a biopsychosocial approach. Stage 2: Final Report. Cardiff,Wales, Wales Centre for Health and Welsh Assembly Government
  • Main C.J. , Sullivan M.J. and Watson P.J. (2008) PAIN MANAGEMENT : PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH IN CLINICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL SETTINGS. Edinburgh, Churchill-Livingstone(Elsevier)
  • Crome P.J., Main C.J. and Lally F. (Eds) (2008) PAIN IN OLDER PEOPLE

.Oxford, O.U.P.

  • Wynne-Jones G, Mallen CD, Main CJ, Dunn KM, Sickness certification in primary care: A pilot survey of general practitioners, Report to Stoke-on-Trent Primary Care Trust, November 2008
  • Kendall N.A.S., Burton A.K., Main C.J. & Watson P.J. (2009) TACKLING MUSCULOSKETAL PROBLEMS. The Psychosocial Flags Framework: a guide for clinic and workplace. London, The Stationary Office.
  • Wynne-Jones G., Cowan J., Jordan J., van der Windt D., Glozier N. and Main C.J. (2009) EVALUATING YHE IMPACT OF BACK, NECK AND UPPER LIMB PAIN ON WORK PERFORMANCE AND ABSENCE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Grant No. 251E07. London, British Occupational Health Research Foundation.
  • Main CJ, Keefe FJ, Jensen MP, Vlaeyen J, Vowles K (Eds) Fordyce’s BehavioralMethods for Chronic pain and Illness Republished with commentaries. 2014 Washington DC, IASP Press (WK), 2014

Journal letters (Since 1995)

  • Main C.J. (1996) "Letter to the editor: Invited point of view on Jurge et al" Spine 21:1064-1065
  • Main C.J. (1997) “Point of view on Michel et al” Spine, 22:303-304
  • Kendall, N., Main, C.J., Linton, S.J., Vlaeyen, J.W. & Nicholas, M.K. (1998) "Reply to Wallis et al. Pain 73 (1997) 15-22". Letters to the Editor. Pain:78 (223-225).
  • McCauley J., De Souza L., Sharma L, Robinson I., Main C.J. Frank A.O. (1996) “Describing race, ethnicity and culture in medical research. Self defined ethnicity is unhelpful” 313 (7054) 425-6.
  • Fortune, D.G., Richards, H.L., Bowcock, S., Main, C.J. & Griffiths, C.E.M.(1999) What patients with psoriasis believe about their condition: A reply to Lanigan. Journal of the Academy of Dermatology, 41, 1: 283-284.
  • Price C., Williams A.C., Main C.J. (2001) Rehabilitation for chronic low back pain. Review was of little help in selecting treatment. BMJ 323(7323) p1251-1252
  • Richards H.L., Fortune D.G., Main C.J. and Griffiths C.E.M. (2003) “Stigmatisation and psoriasis” British Journal of Dermatology “149(1) 209-211.
  • Hill J.C., Foster N.E., Main C.J. & Hay E.M. (2008) “In response to A randomised trial of behavioural physical therapy interventions for acute and sub-acute low back pain by George SZ et al Pain;140: 147-157”.
  • Foster N.E., Dunn K.M., Bishop A. and Main C.J. (2010) “Response to letter by Roelefs et al. Pain 150: 208-209.

Book Chapters

There are mayomissions from the CV prior to 1995

1978-1995

  • Main CJ and Waddell G (1982) Chronic Pain Distress and Illness Behaviour inMain CJ(ed)Clinical Psychology and Medicine: A behavioural Perspective. New York, Plenum Press Chap 1, 1-52
  • Main CJ & Waddell G (1985) The communication of pain and distress in chronic orthopaedic conditions. In Current issues in Clinical Psychol Ed E. Karas, New York, Plenum Press
  • Main CJ (1987)Psychological approaches to the management and treatment of back Pain In Jayson MIV (Ed) The lumber Spine and Back Pain (3rd Edit) Chap 23, 435-456. Churchill-Livingstone, Edinburgh.
  • Main CJ, Parker H (1989)The evaluation and outcome of Pain Management Programmes for chronic low back pain. In Back pain: New approaches to Rehabilitation and Education. Ed Roland M, Jenner J. Manchester University Press, Manchester p128-156
  • Main, CJ, Evans, Peter JD, Whitehead RC (1991) An investigation of personality structure and other psychological features in patients presenting with low-back pain: a critique of the MMPI. In Proceedings of the Proceedings of the VIth World congress on Pain. Bond, MR, Charleton JE, Woolf CJ (Eds) Elsevier Science, Amsterdam. Chap 23: 207-217
  • Main CJ (1992) Psychological Factors in chronic pain. Midlands Med. 19:8-9
  • Main CJ (1993) The Psychology of low back pain. OccHlth Rev Sep-Oct 27-30

1995-2000

  • Benjamin S., Main C.J. “Psychiatric and psychological approaches to treatment of chronic pain: concepts and individual treatments” In TREATMENT OF FUNCTIONAL SOMATIC SYMPTOMS. Ed. Mayou R., Bass C., Sharpe M. (1995) Chap. 11: 188-213. OxfordUniversity Press, Oxford.
  • Main C.J., Benjamin S. (1995) “Psychological treatment and the health care system: the chaotic case of back pain. Is there a need for a paradigm shift?” In TREATMENT OF FUNCTIONAL SOMATIC SYMPTOMS. Ed. Mayou R., Bass C., Sharpe M. Chap. 12: 214-230. OxfordUniversity Press, Oxford.
  • Main C.J., Burton K.A. (1998) “Pain Mechanisms”, in THE CHANGING NATURE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH. Ed. McCraig R., Harrington M. The Health & Safety Executive, Bootle.
  • Main C.J., Waddell G. (1998) “Psychological Distress” in G. Waddell BACK PAIN. Chap. 11: 173 – 186. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
  • Waddell G., Main C.J. (1998a) “Beliefs about back pain” in G. Waddell BACK PAIN. Chap. 12: 187-202. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
  • Waddell G., Main C.J. (1998b) “A new clinical model of low back pain and disability” in G. Waddell BACK PAIN. Chap. 14: 223 – 240. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
  • Waddell G., Main C.J. (1998c) “Illness behaviour” in G. Waddell BACK PAIN. Chap. 10: 155-172. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
  • Main C.J., Burton A.K., Battie M.C. (1999). “The influence of psychosocial factors on sickness absence”. In THE OCCUPATIONAL ERGONOMICS. HANDBOOK Ed. Karwoski W., Marras W.S. CRC Press, New York. Chap. 75: 1359 – 1380.
  • Battie MC., Main C.J., Burton A.K. (1999) “Back Pain in the Workplace: Implications of Injury and Biopsychosocial Models”. In THE OCCUPATIONAL ERGONOMICS HANDBOOK Ed. Karowski W., Marras W.C. CRC Press, New York. Chap. 76: 1381 – 1394.
  • Burton A.K., Battie M.C., Main C.J. (1999) “The Relative Importance of Biomechanical and Psychosocial Factors in Low Back Injuries”. In THE OCCUPATIONAL ERGONOMICS HANDBOOK. Ed. Karwoski W., Marras W.S. CRC Press, New York. Chap. 61: 1127 – 1138.
  • Main C.J. ((1999) “Medicolegal aspects of pain: the nature of psychological opinion in cases of Personal Injury”. Gatchel R.J., Turk D.C. (eds) PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF PAIN. Chap. 9: 132 – 147. Guilford Press, New York.
  • Burton A.K., Main C.J. (2000) “Relevance of Biomechanics in Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders” In OCCUPATIONAL MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS. Ed Mayer T.G., Gatchel R.J., Polatin P.B. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia. Chap. 10: 157-166
  • Burton A.K., Main C.J. (2000) “Obstacles to recovery from work-related musculoskeletal disorders” In INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ERGONOMICS AND HUMAN FACTORS. Ed Karwowski W. Taylor & Francis, p1542-1544

2001- 2005

  • Main C.J. (2002) “Concepts of Treatment and Prevention in Musculoskeletal disorders” in Linton S.J. (Ed) NEW AVENUES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHRONIC MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN AND DISABILITY. Pain Research and Clinical Management. Vol. 12: Chap. 5: 47 – 63.
  • Burton A.K., Main C.J. (2002) Obstacles to recovery from Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders. In Karowski E. (Ed.) International Encyclopaedia of Pain
  • Main C.J., Keefe F.J., Rollman G.J. (2002) “Psychological assessment and treatment of the pain patient” in PAIN 2002 – AN UPDATED REFRESHER COURSE SYLLABUS (Ed. Giamberardino M.A.). I.A.SP. Press, Seattle. Chap. 30: 281-301.
  • Main C.J. and Watson P.J.(2002) The distressed and angry low back pain (LBP) patient. In Gifford L. (Ed) TOPICAL ISSUES IN PAIN Vol 3 Chap 8: 175-200. CNS Press, Falmouth
  • Main C.J. (2003) “The nature of chronic pain A Clinical and Legal Challenge” in Halligan P., Bass C., Oakes D. (Eds) MALINGERING AND ILLNESS DECEPTION. OxfordUniversity Press, Oxford. Chap 13 pp171-183.
  • Mayou R., Main C.J. and Auty A. (2004) Apparently disproportionate injury outcomes and their causes. In The IUA/ABI WORKING PARTY REPORT: PSYCHOLOGY, PERSONAL INJURY AND REHABILITATION. Chap 5 pp 22-28. International Underwriting Association of London, London.
  • Main C.J. (2004) The development of the biopsychosocial model. In The IUA/ABI WORKING PARTY REPORT: PSYCHOLOGY, PERSONAL INJURY AND REHABILITATION. Chap 10 pp 61-68. International Underwriting Association of London, London.
  • Main C.J. (2004) Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) In The IUA/ABI WORKING PARTY REPORT: PSYCHOLOGY, PERSONAL INJURY AND REHABILITATION. Chap 13 pp 93-96. International Underwriting Association of London, London.
  • Gatchell R.J. and Main C.J. (2004) Psychological Approaches to the management of failed surgery and revision surgery. In the LUMBAR SPINE (3rd Edition) Ed. Herkowitz. H J Dvorak, G Bell, M. Nordin & D Grob Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia. pp859-866.
  • Main CJ, Waddell G. “Emotions”. In THE BACK PAIN REVOLUTION. Ed. Waddell G (2004) Chap. 11: 205-219.
  • Main CJ, Waddell G. “Beliefs about back pain”. In THE BACK PAIN REVOLUTION. Ed. Waddell G (2004). Chap. 12: 221-239.
  • Main C.J.; Robinson J.R. and Watson P.J. (2005) DISABILITY, INCAPACITY & REHABILITATION FOR PAIN PATIENTS 11th World Congress of Pain Refresher Course Syllabus. Chap 34, p 331-340. Seattle: IASP Press.
  • Main C.J. Phillips C.J. and Watson P.J. (2005) Secondary Prevention In Health-Care And Occupational Settings In Musculoskeletal Conditions (Focusing On Low Back Pain). In HANDBOOK OF COMPLEX OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY CLAIMS: EARLY RISK IDENTIFICATION, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION. Schultz and Gatchel R.J. (Eds) Springer Science and Business Media, New York. Chap. 21 pp 387-404.

2006-2010

  • Burton A.K., Waddell G. and Main C.J. (2006) Beliefs and obstacles to recovery in low back pain. In Halligan P. and Aylward M. (Eds) THE POWER OF BELIEF. Chap 10, 161-176. Oxford, O.U.P.
  • Main C.J., Waters S.J. and Keefe F.J. (2007) Cognitive behavioural therapy. In PAIN IN OLDER PEOPLE. Crome P., Main C.J. and Lally F. (Eds) Chapter 9: 109-119.Oxford, OxfordUniversity Press.
  • Main C.J.., Nicholas M.K., and Watson P.J. (2008) LOW BACK PAIN: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT: From secondary prevention to clinical rehabilitation. In PAIN 2008-An Updated Refresher Course Syllabus. Ed. Castro-Lopez J., Raja S. and Schmelz M. Part 18.Seattle: IASP Press.
  • Watson P.J. Main C.J. and Smeets R.J.E.M.(2010). Basics, management and treatment of low back pain. in Pain 2010: A Refresher course. Part 16. Seattle, I.A.S.P. Press
  • Wynne-Jones G, Main C.J. (2010) The potential for prevention: occupation. In CHRONIC PAIN EPIDEMIOLOGY: From aetiology to public health. Ed Croft P, Blyth F.M., van der Windt D. Chap 24: p 313- 327. Oxford, O.U.P.

2011-2015

  • Main C.J., Kendall N.A.S., Hasenbring M.. (2012) Screening of psychosocial risk factors (Yellow Flags) for chronic back pain and disability. In FROM ACUTE TO CHRONIC BACK PAIN: Risk factors, mechanisms and clinical implications. Ed. Hasenbring M., Rusu A. and Turk D.C. Chap 11.pp203-230 Oxford, O.U.P.
  • Shaw WS, Pransky GS, Main C.J. (2012)Work-related risk factors for transition to chronic back pain and disability. In FROM ACUTE TO CHRONIC BACK PAIN: Risk factors, mechanisms and clinical implications. Ed. Hasenbring M., Rusu A. and Turk D.C. Chap 19 pp377-388 Oxford, O.U.P.
  • Main C.J. , Burton A.K. (2012) Engaging patients in their own care for back care: the role of education and advice in the prevention of chronic pain and disability . In FROM ACUTE TO CHRONIC BACK PAIN: Risk factors, mechanisms and clinical implications. Ed. Hasenbring M., Rusu A. and Turk D.C. Chap 23.pp 433-452 Oxford, O.U.P.
  • Main CJ and Keefe FJ (2014) Introductory Chapter in Fordyce’sBehavioralMethods for Chronic pain and Illness.Republished with commentaries Main CJ, Keefe FJ, Jensen MP, Vlaeyen J, Vowles K (Eds). 2014 Washington DC, IASP Press (LWW) pp 1-16
  • Main CJIts Not All In The Mind: Commentary on Chapter 2:Psychogenic Pain in Main CJ, Keefe FJ, Jensen MP, Vlaeyen J, Vowles K (Eds) Fordyce’s BehavioralMethods for Chronic pain and Illness Republished with commentaries. 2014 Washington DC, IASP Press (Walter Kluwer)) 67-79.

In Press

Main CJ, Shaw WS (2015) Conceptual, methodological and measurement challenges in addressing Return to Work in workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders In HANDBOOK OF RETURN-TO –WORK: From Research to Practice Schultz I, Gatchel RJ (Eds) New York, Springer

  • Main CJ, Mitchell J, Shaw WS (2015) Towards an Approach to Return to Work in Musculoskeletal Disorders In HANDBOOK OF RETURN-TO –WORK: From Research to PracticeSchultz I, Gatchel RJ (Eds) New York Springer.

Peer Reviewed Academic Journal Papers (since 1995)

There are omissions from the CV prior to 1995

1978-1985

McCreadie RG,Main CJ,Dunlop RA.(1978) Token economy, pimozide and chronic schizophrenia. Brit J Psychiat 133:179-181

  • Aitken RC, ,Lister JA, Main CJ, (1981) Identification of flying phobia in aircrew Brit. J Psychiat 139:38-42

G MastertonG ,Main CJ, Lever AF, R S Lever RS (1981) Low blood pressure in psychiatric inpatients Brit. Heart J. 45:442-446

Main CJ, Masterton G (1981) The influence of hospital environment on blood pressure in psychiatric in-patients J. Psychosom Res 25: 157-163

  • Waddell G, Main CJ,Morriis EW, Venner RM, Rae PS, Sharmy SH, Galloway H (1982) Normality and reliability in the clinical assessment of backache BMJ 284:1519-1531
  • Main CJ (1983) The Modified Somatic Perception Scale Journal of Psychosomatic Research 27:503-514
  • Waddell G, Main CJ, Morris EW, Di Paola MP, Gray ICM (1984) Chronic low back pain, distress and illness behaviour Spine 9:209-213
  • Waddell G, Bircher M, Finlayson D, Main CJ (1984) Symptoms and signs: physical disease or illness behaviour? BMJ 289:739-741
  • Waddell G, Main CJ(1984) The assessment of severity in low back disorders Spine 9:204-208
  • Main CJ, Waddell G 1984 The detection of psychological abnormality using four simple scales Current concepts in Pain 2:10-15
  • Gray ICM, Main CJ, Waddell G (1985) Psychological assessment in general orthopaedic practice. ClinOrthop 184:258-263
  • Waddell G, Main CJ (1987) Chronic backache, distress, illness behaviour and Surgery. ActaOrthop. Belgica 52:265-267
  • Main CJ, Waddell G (1987) Psychometric construction and validity of the Pilowsky Illness Behaviour Questionnaire in British patients with chronic low back pain. Pain 28:13-25.
  • Main CJ, Waddell G (1987) Personality assessment in the management of low back pain. Clin. Rehab 1:139-142
  • Main CJ, Waddell G (1989) The assessment of pain Clin rehab 3:267-274
  • Main CJ (1990) Psychological and socio-economic factors in pain. Current Opinions in Anaesthesiology 3:764-770.
  • Winocour PH, Main CJ,Medlicott G, Anderson DC (1990) A Psychometric Evaluation of Adult Patients With Type 1 (Insulin Dependent) Diabetes Mellitus: Prevalence of psychological dysfunction and relationship to demographic variables, metabolic control and complications Diabetes Res. 14:171-176
  • Main CJ,Spanswick CC (1991) Pain: psychological and psychiatric factors. Brit Med Bull 47:732-742
  • Main CJ, Waddell G (1991) A comparison of cognitive measures in low back pain: statistical st287-298ructure and clinical validity at initial assessment Pain 46:
  • Main CJ,Wood PL,Hollis S,Spanswick CC,Waddell G (1992) The Distress and Risk Assessment Method. A simple patient classification to identify distress and evaluate the risk of poor outcome Spine 17:42-52.
  • Waddell G, Newton M, Henderson I, Somerville D, Main CJ (1993) A Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnare (FABQ) and the role of fear avoidance beliefs in chronic low back pain and disability. Pain 52:157-168

1995-2000

  • Burton A.K., Tillotson M., Main C.J., Hollis S. (1995) “Psychosocial predictors of outcome in acute and subchronic low back trouble”. Spine 20: 722 – 728.
  • Main C.J., Spanswick C.C. (1995) “Personality assessment and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. 50 years on: do we still need our security blanket?”. Pain Forum 4: 90-96.
  • Main C.J., Spanswick C.C. (1995) “Response to our commentators”. Pain Forum 4: 110 – 113.
  • Main C.J., Spanswick C.C. (1995) “’Functional overlay’ and illness behaviour in chronic pain: distress or malingering? Conceptual difficulties in medico-legal assessment of personal injury claims”. Journal Psychosomatic Research 39: 737 – 753.
  • Main C.J., Burton A.K. (1995) “The patient with low-back pain: who or what are we assessing? – an experimental investigation of a clinical puzzle”. Pain Reviews 2: 203 – 209.
  • Main C.J., Watson P.J. (1995) “Screening for patients at risk of developing chronic incapacity”. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 5: 207 – 217.
  • Parker H., Wood P.L.R., Main C.J. (1995) “The use of the Pain Drawing as a screening measure to predict psychological distress in chronic low back pain”. Spine 20: 236 – 243.
  • Symonds T.L., Burton A.K., Tillotson K.M., Main C.J. (1996) “Do attitudes and beliefs influence work loss due to low back trouble?” Occupational Medicine 46: 25 – 32.
  • Symonds T.L., Burton A.K., Tillotson K.M., Main C.J. (1995) “Absence resulting from low back trouble can be reduced by psychosocial intervention at the workplace”. Spine 20: 2738 – 2745.
  • Main C.J. (1996) Early indicators of stress in low back pain. Bull Hosp Jt Dis 55(3) p125-126
  • Main C. J., Watson P.J. (1996) What harms – Pain Behaviour? Psychological and Physical Factors in the Development of Chronicity. Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases. 55: 4, 210 – 212.
  • Main C. J., Watson P. J. (1996) Guarded Movements: Development of Chronicity. Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain 4 (4) : 163 – 170.
  • Fortune D.G., Main C.J., O'Sullivan T.M. & Griffiths C.E.M. (1997). Assessing illness -related stress in psoriasis: the psychometric properties of the psoriasis life stress inventory. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 42/5 p.467-475.
  • Fortune D.G, Main C.J., O'Sullivan T.M. & Griffiths C.E.M. (1997). Quality of life in patients with psoriasis: the contribution of clinical variables and psoriasis-specific stress. British Journal of Dermatology 137:755-760.
  • Gargan M., Bannister G., Main C.J., Hollis S. (1997) The behavioural response to whiplash. Journal of Bone & Joint Surg. 79-B: 523 – 526.
  • Watson P.J., Booker C.K., Main C.J., Chen A.C.N. (1997) Surface Electromyography in the identification of chronic low back pain patients: The development of a flexion relaxation ratio. Clinical Biomechanics (12) 3: 165 – 171.
  • Watson P.J., Booker C.K., Main C.J. (1997) Evidence for the role of psychological factors in abnormal paraspinal activity in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Vol. 5(4) 41 – 56.
  • Fortune D.G., Richards H.L., Main C.J. O'Sullivan T.M. and Griffiths C.E.M. (1998) Developing clinical psychology services in the outpatient dermatology specialist clinic; what factors are associated with non-uptake of the service? Clinical Psychology Forum, 115, pp34-36.
  • Fortune D.G., Richards H.L., Main C.J. and Griffiths C.E.M. (1998). What patients with psoriasis believe about their condition. Journal of the AmericanAcademy of Dermatology, 39, pp 196-201.
  • Main C.J., Waddell G. (1998) Behavioural responses to examination: A reappraisal of the interpretation of “Nonorganic Signs”. Spine, Vol 23, (21): 2367 – 2371.
  • Rankine J.J., Fortune D.G., Hutchinson D.G., Main C.J. (1998) Pain drawings in the assessment of Nerve Root Compression: A Comparitive Study with Lumber Spine Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Spine, Vol 23, No.15, 1668 – 1676.
  • Watson P.J., Chen A.C.N., Booker C.K., Main C.J. and Jones A.K.P. (1998). Differential electromyographic response to experimental cold pressor test in chronic low back pain patients and normal controls. Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, 6(2):51-64
  • Watson P.J., Main C.J., Gales T., Waddell G., Purcell-Jones G. (1998) Medically certified work loss and cost of wages compensation for back pain: a follow-up study of the working population of Jersey. British Journal of Rheumatology (37) 82 – 86.
  • Main C.J., Watson P.J. (1999) “Psychological aspects of pain”. Manual Therapy 4(4) 203 – 215.
  • Richards, H.L., Fortune, D.G., O'Sullivan, T.M., Main C.J. & Griffiths, C.E.M.(1999) Patients with psoriasis and their compliance with medication. Journal of the AmericanAcademy of Dermatology, 41, 581-583
  • Schade V., Semner N., Main C.J., Hora J., Boos N. (1999) The impact of morphological, psychosocial and work related factors on the outcome of lumbar discectomy. Pain 80 : 239 – 249.
  • Boos N., Semner N., Elfring A., Schade V., Gal I., Zanetti M., Kissling R., Buchegger N., Hodler J., Main C.J. (2000) “Natural history of individuals with asymptomatic disc alterations in M.R.I”. Spine 25 : 1484 – 1492.
  • Fortune D.G., Richards H.L., Main C.J. and Griffiths C.E.M.(2000) Pathological worrying, illness perceptions and disease severity in patients with psoriasis. British Journal of Health Psychology, 5:71-82
  • Frank A.O., De Souza L.H., McAuley J.H., Sharma V., Main C.J. (2000) A cross-sectional survey of the clinical and psychological features of low back pain and consequent work handicap: use of the Quebec Task Force classification. Int J ClinPract. 54(10):639-644
  • Main C.J., Richards H.L., Fortune D.G. (2000) Editorial: Why put new wine in old bottles: the need for the biopsychosocial approach to the assessment, treatment and understanding of unexplained and explained symptoms in medicine. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 48 :511 – 514.
  • Richards, H.L., Fortune, D.G., Main, C.J., & Griffiths, C.E.M..(2000) The desynchrony between disease severity and disability in psoriasis. Abstracts of the 8th International Congress on Dermatology and psychiatry. Dermatology and Psychosomatics, 1(Suppl. 1): 44
  • Pomeroy VM, Frames C, Faragher EB, Hesketh A, Hill E, Watson PJ, Main CJ (2000) Reliability of a measure of post-stroke shoulder pain in patients with and without aphasia and or unilateral spatial neglect. Clinical Rehabilitation 14:584-591

2001- 2005