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Current views on the role of the psychiatrist in the management of chronic pain

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The Therapy of Pain

Part of the book series: Current Status of Modern Therapy ((CSMT,volume 6))

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The study and treatment of pain has never been one of the central concerns of the pyschiatric discipline, but the situation has changed somewhat in recent years. Probably the simplest explanation for this increased interest in pain is the fact that psychiatric departments are now an accepted feature of the vast majority of general hospitals, and certainly of all teaching hospitals. As a consequence psychiatrists are called upon to provide advice to colleagues in all departments, with regard to the psychosocial aspects of a wide range of physical illnesses. Included among these consultation requests have always been the occasional ones concerning patients with chronic intractable pain. However, until the advent of pain relief clinics such patients were not seen regularly or studied systematically, except by a few psychiatrists and psychologists who were particularly interested.

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Pilowsky, I. (1981). Current views on the role of the psychiatrist in the management of chronic pain. In: Swerdlow, M. (eds) The Therapy of Pain. Current Status of Modern Therapy, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9879-3_2

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