PSYC 3170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Psychogenic Pain, Myofascial Pain Syndrome
13 Dec 2017
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Different pain experiences involve a mixture of organic and psychogenic factors. Generally similar painful conditions that occur in the future aren"t directly connected with an earlier pain experience: acute pain is temporary, usually less than six months. High anxiety while pain exists but subsides as pain decreases: chronic pain lasts more than a few months. High levels of anxiety that develops into feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. Pain interferes with activities, goals, sleep, loss of jobs with resulting low income: factors used in description of chronic pain, effects of chronic pain depend on whether underlying condition is: Continuous or episodic: types of chronic pain, chronic/recurrent pain. Benign causes characterized by repeated and intense episodes of pain. Examples - migraine headaches, tension-type headaches, and myofascial pain: chronic/intractable/benign pain. Discomfort present all the time with varying levels of intensity and not due to malignant condition. Example - chronic low back pain: chronic/progressive pain.
