Mental Health and Pain Somatic and Psychiatric Components of Pain in Mental Health /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Marchand, Serge (Editor), Saravane, Djéa (Editor), Gaumond, Isabelle (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Paris : Springer Paris : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Neurology.; Pain medicine.; Psychiatry.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pain Medicine.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Internal Medicine.

This book proposes a didactic approach to the different aspects of pain in mental health. The various chapters cover the myths, neurophysiology, perception, measurement and management of pain in mental health. The most common problems, including mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety, somatoform dis...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• History - the myths - Neurophysiological bases of pain
• Pain perception in mental health
• Epidemiology of chronic pain in mental health: the example of depression
• Depression, bipolar disorder and pain
• Anxiety disorders and pain
• Schizophrenia and pain
• Somatoform disorders and pain
• Post traumatic stress disorder and pain
• Pain in suicidal ideation
• Pain in children with autism
• Addiction and pain
• Pain assessment in mental health
• Treatment and therapeutic perspectives.