Chronic Pain

11/9/2000


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Table of Contents

Chronic Pain

What is pain?

Qualities of Pain

Perceiving Pain

Peripheral Nerve Fibers Involved in Pain Perception

Pain without apparent physical basis

Three Chronic Pain Conditions

Early Theories of Pain

Gate-Control Theory – Ronald Melzack (1960s)

Gate-Control Theory

Three Factors Involved in Opening and Closing the Gate

Conditions that Open the Gate

Conditions That Close the Gate

Four Types of Pain Behaviours

Emotions, Coping, and Pain

Coping with Pain

Three conclusions from the MMPI studies of pain

Treatment of Chronic Pain

Pharmacologic Control of Pain

Types of Pain Medications

Psychological Pain Control Methods

Psychological Pain Methods

Author: Jane Irvine

Email: jirvine@yorku.ca

Home Page: http://www.psych.yorku.ca/jirvine/3440/index.html

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