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Psychological and Psychiatric Aspects of Pain

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Neurosurgical Management of Pain

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The role of a psychiatrist or psychologist in chronic pain management is multiple. He or she must be a diagnostician, a pharmacologist, a soci?ologist, a psychotherapist, and, on occasion, a patient advocate. Therefore, by definition, the psy?chotherapist must have an eclectic orientation and be broadly schooled in all forms of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

    Richard B. North MD

  2. Division of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Robert M. Levy MD, PhD

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Hendler, N. (1997). Psychological and Psychiatric Aspects of Pain. In: North, R.B., Levy, R.M. (eds) Neurosurgical Management of Pain. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1938-5_2

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