title: [Neither Descartes nor Freud? current pain models in psychosomatic medicine].
abstract: Models explaining chronic pain based on the mere presence or absence of peripheral somatic findings or which view pain of psychological origin when there is no somatic explanation, have their shortcomings. Current scientific knowledge calls for distinct pain concepts, which integrate neurobiological and neuropsychological aspects of pain processing.
authors.affiliation: Kompetenzbereich für Psychosomatische Medizin Inselspital, Universität Bern. niklaus.egloff@insel.ch
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Egloff
authors.forename: U T
authors.initials: UT
authors.lastname: Egle
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: von Känel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology; D011603:Psychophysiology; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology