title: Psychological aspects of chronic pelvic pain.
abstract: The patient with chronic pelvic pain represents a real challenge to the physician. The challenge is not primarily to relieve the pain, but to form a relationship with the patient and to try to learn about and help her with psychosocial distress. In this process the physician must use himself or herself as a human instrument to try to relieve suffering in the global aspect of the word.
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D010388:Pelvis; D011584:Psychology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders