“…Based on information documented elsewhere (Bruns & Disorbio, 2003;Disorbio & Bruns, 2002), these tests were selected based on the fact that they (1) were developed for the assessment of patients with injury and pain, and underwent an extensive validation process; (2) assess most of the criteria identified by den Boer, Block, and the SCS literature; (3) have both medical patient and community norm groups; (4) have a standardized published form; (5) are short enough to be practical in the clinical setting (35 min for the BHI 2, and 10 for the BBHI 2); (6) have undergone multiple, favorable independent peer reviews by the Buros Institute (Hayes, 2007;Kavan, 2007;Sime, 2007;Vitelli, 2007); (7) have been integrated into clinical protocols (Bruns, Disorbio, & Hanks 2007;Disorbio, Bruns, & Barolat, 2006); (8) are based on a biopsychosocial theory (Bruns & Disorbio, 2005); (9) have been found to predict the outcome of multidisciplinary treatment for pain (Freedenfeld, Bailey, Bruns, Fuchs, & Kiser, 2002) and (10) The MMPI-2 (Butcher, 1989) has been widely used to assess medical patients, especially those with chronic pain (Keller & Butcher, 1991). The MMPI 2 was also administered to some of the patient subjects with particular attention being given to the Hs, D and Hy scales.…”