[Psychological approaches to pain in Germany. Review and outlook].
Pain perception is a complex experience that entails somatic and psychological factors. This is especially true for chronic pain where increasing chronicity leads to a growing significance of psychological factors such as learning and memory processes or cognitive evaluation at the expense of nociceptive processes. Hardly any other area of health-related research and health care has such an interdisciplinary organization of research, treatment, and education. Psychological pain research and psychological treatment of pain have become specializations in their own right. For the future of this research area, a differential analysis of the contribution of psychological factors to chronicity is important. For a mechanism-oriented treatment, the development of new treatment approaches and the analysis of specific subgroups for a better differential indication of treatments is needed.
Schmerzmedizin, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075, Göttingen, Deutschland. michael.pfingsten@med.uni-goettingen.de.
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Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Institut für Neuropsychologie und Klinische Psychologie, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Deutschland.
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DRK Schmerz-Zentrum Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland.
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D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D000070516:Intersectoral Collaboration; D011939:Mental Recall; D058748:Pain Perception; D011613:Psychotherapy; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
Chronic pain; Chronification of pain; Combined modality therapy; Pain management, psychological; Pain research, psychological