[Childhood trauma and chronic pain].
BACKGROUND
Chronic pain is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon. Medical intervention has often little effect.


METHODS
The case histories of 100 patients evaluated by the multidisciplinary pain clinic team at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway were examined.


RESULTS
44% of the patients reported serious trauma long before the development of pain.


CONCLUSIONS
Chronification of pain appears to be related to childhood trauma.
Bell
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RF
Smerteklinikken Anestesi- og intensivavdelingen Haukeland Sykehus, Bergen. rbel@haukeland.no
Schjødt
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Paulsberg
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AG
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012940:Social Problems; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors