Mark P. Jensen, PhD

Professor
Rehabilitation Psychologist

Patient Care
Dr. Jensen's clinical interests include the management of chronic pain, hypnosis for symptom management, skills training (cognitive restructuring, relaxation), and motivational interviewing.

Research
Dr. Jensen's research interests include the psychosocial factors of chronic pain adjustment, coping with chronic pain, the effect of hypnosis on chronic pain, the assessment of pain, and pain in persons with disabilities.

Teaching
He is the Chair of the Internal Research Review Committee and the Head of Research and Development for the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Training
Dr. Jensen earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at Macalester College, his Master's degree in Clinical Psychology at Arizona State University, his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Arizona State University, and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington.

Selected Publications (from over 160 article published in peer reviewed journals):
Jensen, M.P., Patterson, D.R. (2006).  Hypnotic treatment of chronic pain.  Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 95-124.

Jensen, M.P., Gammaitoni, A.R., Olaleye, D.O., Oleka, N., Nalamachu, S.R., & Galer, B.S.  (2006).  The Pain Quality Assessment Scale:  Assessment of pain quality in carpal tunnel syndrome.  Journal of Pain, 7, 823-832.

Jensen, M.P., Chodroff, M.J., & Dworkin, R.H. (2007).  The impact of neuropathic pain on health-related quality of life:  Review and implications.  Neurology, 68, 1178-1182.

Jensen, M.P., Kuehn, C.M., Amtmann, D., & Cardenas, D.D.  (2007).  Symptom burden in persons with spinal cord injury.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88, 638-645.

Jensen, M.P., Barber, J., Hanley, M.A., Engel, J.M., Romano, J.M., Cardenas, D.D., Kraft, G.H., Hoffman, A.J., & Patterson, D.R. (in press).  Long-term outcome of hypnotic analgesia treatment for chronic pain in persons with disabilities.  International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.

Jensen, M.P., Grierson, C., Tracy-Smith, V., Bacigalupi, S.C., & Othmer, S. (in press).  Neurofeedback treatment for pain associated with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I:  A case series.  Journal of Neurotherapy.