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Pain is a prevalent condition among adolescents. In fact, 30–40% of children and adolescents report experiencing pain at least once a week (Palermo 2000), and 5–25% of adolescents report some form of recurrent or chronic pain (Perquin et al. 2000; Goodman and McGrath 1991). Of those reporting recurrent pain, 30–40% of children report pain episodes at least once a week (Kristjansdottir 1997). In terms of specific pain conditions, data indicate that the most common chronic pain conditions among adolescents are headaches, abdominal pain, back pain, and musculoskeletal pain (Goodman and McGrath 1991; Morsy 2006).

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  1. Pediatric Anesthesia, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Jill MacLaren Chorney

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Chorney, J.M., Crofton, K., McClain, B.C. (2011). Theories on Common Adolescent Pain Syndromes. In: McClain, B., Suresh, S. (eds) Handbook of Pediatric Chronic Pain. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0350-1_3

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