title: [Pain and personality--a review of the literature with special reference to depressive syndromes].
abstract: Common concepts of personality states and traits (hysteria, hypochondria, depression, neuroticism, extraversion) will be discussed concerning their relevance to describe pain patients phenomenologically. Further characteristics as sex, age, fear and aggressiveness are regarded. Perceptual styles (repression vs sensitization, augmentation vs reduction) and cognitive factors are briefly mentioned. Finally critical comments on methodological aspects of empirical pain patients' personality description will be outlined, which reflect the controversial discussion on possible association between personality and pain.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Klinik Poliklinik der Universität, Würzburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Classen
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010553:Personality Development; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Schmerz und Persönlichkeit--eine Literaturübersicht mit besonderer Berücksichtigung depressiver Syndrome.