European Psychiatry, 2021 IntroductionDermatitis artefacta (DA) is a condition whereby self-induced skin damage is the means used to satisfy a desire to assume the sick role.ObjectivesTo describe clinical evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and evolution of an 15 years-old woman with DA.MethodsRetrospective review of clinical records, including dermatology, psychiatry and ...
P. García Vázquez, R. Gomez Martinez
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Doubling your payoff: winning pain relief engages endogenous pain inhibition [PDF]
, 2015 When in pain, pain relief is much sought after, particularly for individuals with chronic pain. In analogy to augmentation of the hedonic experience (“liking”) of a reward by the motivation to obtain a reward (“wanting”), the seeking of pain relief in ...
Ahmed, Alysha-Karima +4 more
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To control or not? A motivational perspective on coping with pain [PDF]
, 2012 Pain relief is often the primordial treatment objective in pain patients. However, an exclusive focus upon pain relief may have costs. Evidence is accumulating that persistent attempts to gain control over pain may, paradoxically, hinder successful ...
Crombez, Geert +5 more
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Does Exercise Decrease Pain via Conditioned Pain Modulation in Adolescents? [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: Pain relief after exercise, exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH), is established across the lifespan. Conditioned pain modulation (CPM: pain inhibits pain) may be a mechanism for EIH.
Bement, Marie K. Hoeger, Stolzman, Stacy
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The neural mechanisms of mindfulness-based pain relief: a functional magnetic resonance imaging-based review and primer. [PDF]
, 2019 The advent of neuroimaging methodologies, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), has significantly advanced our understanding of the neurophysiological processes supporting a wide spectrum of mind-body approaches to treat pain. A promising
Aguirre +142 more
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A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a single session of nurse administered massage for short term relief of chronic non-malignant pain [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Massage is increasingly used to manage chronic pain but its benefit has not been clearly established. The aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of a single session of nurse-administered massage for the short term relief of ...
A Williamson +21 more
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Addressing the Global Tragedy of Needless Pain: Rethinking the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [PDF]
, 2007 The lack of medical availability of effective pain medication is an enduring and expanding global health calamity. Despite important medical advances, pain remains severely under-treated worldwide, particularly in developing countries.
Allyn L. Taylor +11 more
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Short-term efficacy of physical interventions in osteoarthritic knee pain. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo-controlled trials. [PDF]
, 2007 BACKGROUND: Treatment efficacy of physical agents in osteoarthritis of the knee (OAK) pain has been largely unknown, and this systematic review was aimed at assessing their short-term efficacies for pain relief.
A Andrianakos +86 more
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Administration of Tramadol or Buprenorphine via the drinking water for post-operative analgesia in a mouse-osteotomy model [PDF]
, 2019 Adequate analgesia is essential whenever pain might occur in animal experiments. Unfortunately, the selection of suitable analgesics for mice in bone-linked models is limited. Here, we evaluated two analgesics - Tramadol [0.1 mg/ml (Tlow) vs.
Buttgereit, Frank +7 more
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A randomized placebo-controlled pilot study of the efficacy and safety of D-cycloserine in people with chronic back pain. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Few effective pharmacological treatment options exist for chronic back pain, the leading cause of disability in the US, and all are associated with significant adverse effects. OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy and safety of D-cycloserine,
Apkarian, A. Vania +5 more
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