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Douleurs chroniques et traumatismes psychiques

Chronic pain and psychic trauma

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Les douleurs chroniques peuvent survenir après certains traumatismes ; qu’il s’agisse de traumatisme unique ou de traumatismes répétés (voire d’anciens traumatismes réactivés). Il peut s’agir de douleurs chroniques simples, de phénomènes de conversion, de syndromes subjectifs, voire d’hypocondries post-traumatiques. Il faut rechercher systématiquement les éléments de stress post-traumatique, cliniquement et biologiquement, de façon à mettre en place un traitement approprié pour ces patients.

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Chronic pain may occur at the consequence of trauma, which may be either unique or repeated (and may even be a reactivation of past trauma). The resulting pain may take numerous forms such as simple chronic pain, conversion phenomena, subjective syndromes or even posttraumatic hypochondria. Clinical or biological signs of posttraumatic stress disorder must be investigated systematically in these patients, in order to set up an appropriate treatment plan.

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  1. Département universitaire de psychiatrie, CHU Sherbrooke, CHUS-Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada

    J. -F. Corbin

  2. Service universitaire de psychiatrie et de psychologie médicale et laboratoire du stress traumatique, hôpital de Casselardit-Purpan, Toulouse, France

    E. Bui

  3. Département universitaire de psychiatrie, faculté de médecine de Toulouse-Rangueil, hôpital de Casselardit-Purpan, F-31059, Toulouse cedex, France

    L. Schmitt

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Corbin, J.F., Bui, E. & Schmitt, L. Douleurs chroniques et traumatismes psychiques. Douleur analg 24, 160–164 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11724-011-0263-7

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