title: Chronic pain behavior pattern: a simple theoretical framework for health-care providers.
abstract: A theoretical framework for understanding the basic psychological dynamics of pain patients is provided. The model involves the etiology of chronic pain, the attributes of patients with chronic pain, the sequence of events that leads to symptomatology, and considerations regarding the treatment of chronic pain. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy is highlighted as a classic example of this proposed chronic pain behavior pattern.
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Dorsel
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D059408:Pain Management; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012803:Sick Role; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology*