title: The significance of the concept of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder to the treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain.
abstract: The concept of an obsessive-compulsive spectrum of disorders has become useful. This article reviews what has been learned about these conditions (especially in the last few years), and how this information may be helpful to clinicians and researchers who work with patients with chronic nonmalignant pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. jbienven@mail.jhmi.edu
authors.forename: O Joseph
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Bienvenu
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cannistraro
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D059408:Pain Management