title: Chronic pain: a review for the family physician.
abstract: The challenge of effective management of chronic pain frequently confronts the family physician. Successful management relies on the physician's skill in integrating fundamental concepts in the pathophysiology, psychodynamics, and diagnostic and therapeutic modalities associated with chronic pain syndromes. The use of time-contingent rather than pain-contingent therapy in the prevention of the chronic pain state is advocated.
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D012803:Sick Role; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D009435:Synaptic Transmission