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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Pain Disorders, Chronic
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Medications, Therapeutic Procedures, Behavioral, Social, Psychological, Outcome, Complications, When to Refer, References,
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Topics Discussed: chronic pain; chronic pain syndrome.
Excerpt: | |  Behavioral approach to identify and eliminate pain reinforcers, decrease drug use, and shift focus from the pain
Goal is to shift from a paradigm directed at biomedical cure to one of ongoing care Patient should discuss pain only with the physician Patient should be assigned self-help tasks graded toward maximal activity Patient should keep a self-rating chart of accomplishments and degrees of pain Emphasize a positive response to activities, which shift focus away from pain Avoid sympathy and attention to pain, which are positive reinforcers of this behavior Biofeedback and hypnosis Mindfulness-based..."
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