title: Stress-related, posttraumatic chronic pain syndrome: behavioral treatment approach.
abstract: Chronic pain syndromes are often the result of traumatic injury. The life threatening nature of a substantial number of these traumata precipitates the development of posttraumatic stress disorder in a sizable percentage of accident incurred chronic pain conditions. The present study presents evidence that systematic desensitization, a behavioral technique, can provide significant resolution of posttraumatic stress when this disorder occurs in the chronic pain population.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000628:therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D012803:Sick Role; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*