Dealing with pain-related disabilities: non-organic components of pain.
This article briefly introduces and reviews the "non-organic" components of pain-related disability situations, discusses the effect of the complexity of the problem on physician attitudes and behaviors, provides a description of the non-organic influences and their assessment, and makes suggestions for appropriate goals for intervening in pain-related disability conditions.
Florence
D W
DW
Polyclinic Medical Center, Harrisburg.
Asken
M J
MJ
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation