Retired Pain Management Psychologist

State University of New York at Buffalo

pikoff@buffalo.edu 

Howard Pikoff holds a doctoral degree in clinical psychology with a specialization in behavioral medicine. From 1975-2020, he divided his time between clinical work – in private practice and at The Buffalo General Hospital – and duties as the Psychology Librarian of the State University of New York at Buffalo. His writing focuses largely on the overpsychologizing of poorly understood medical disorders, including chronic pain, migraine, and fibromyalgia.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Pikoff, H. (2024). Overpsychologizing of poorly understood medical disorders.   Manuscript in preparation.

Pikoff, H. (2020). Reducing the risk of psychological mislabeling in chronic pain. ACPA Chronicle (American Chronic Pain Association), Winter, 25-28. (Reprint of BJGP, 2020.)

Pikoff, H. (2020). Psychological mislabelling in chronic pain: Reducing the risk. British Journal of General Practice, 70, 25. https://bjgp.org/content/70/690/25

Pikoff, H. (2019).  Psychological mislabeling and the emergence of the biopsychosocial model. In A. Maikovich-Fong (Ed.), Handbook of psychosocial interventions for chronic pain (pp. 38-50). New York: Routledge. (Preprint available at http://hdl.handle.net/10477/81087)

Pikoff, H.B. (2017). Psychological mislabeling of chronic pain: Lessons from migraine in the 20th century. Pain Management, 7,127-132. (Preprint available at http://hdl.handle.net/10477/75110)

Pikoff, H. (2010). A study in psychological mislabelling: The rise and (protracted) fall of psychogenic fibromyalgia.  International Musculoskeletal Medicine, 32, 129-132. (Preprint available at http://hdl.handle.net/10477/2032)

Pikoff, H. (2004). Complementary headache therapy: A close look at the treatments and the evidence. Buffalo, N.Y.: Data for Decisions.

Pikoff, H. (1996). Treatment effectiveness handbook.  Buffalo, N.Y.: Data for Decisions.

Pikoff, H. (1987). A critical review of autogenic training in America.  Excerpted in J. Masters, T. Burish, S. Hollon, & D. Rimm (Eds.). Behavior therapy: Techniques and empirical findings, 3rd edition. N.Y.:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Pikoff, H. (1984). A critical review of autogenic training in America. Clinical Psychology Review, 4, 619-639.

Pikoff, H. (1984). Is the muscular model of headache still viable? A review of conflicting data. Headache, 24, 186-198.