Anxiety Dissociative And Somatoform Disorders
Pain disorder
Treatment
Prescription and nonprescription pain medications often do not work very well. These medications also can have side effects, and may carry the risk for abuse.
Chronic pain syndromes of all types can often be treated with antidepressants and talk therapy.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a kind of talk therapy, can help you deal with your pain. During therapy, you will learn:
- To recognize what seems to make the pain worse
- To develop ways of coping with the...
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Somatoform pain disorder
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Pain disorderSymptomsThe main symptom of somatoform pain disorder is chronic pain that lasts for several months and limits a person's work,... Read more »
Somatoform pain disorder
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Somatoform pain disorder is pain that is severe enough to disrupt a person's everyday life.The pain is like that of a physical disorder, but no... Read more »
Somatoform pain disorder
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Pain disorderPreventionReferencesGreenberg DB, Braun IM, Cassem NH. Functional somatic symptoms and somatoform disorders. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF,... Read more »
Generalized anxiety disorder
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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