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Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage” (International Association for the Study of Pain, 1994). Neurogenic pain is described as “pain initiated or caused by a primary lesion, dysfunction, or transitory perturbation in the peripheral or central nervous system.” On the other hand, psychogenic pain is typically defined as pain stemming from psychological or behavioral factors (Taylor, 2008).
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Pain is typically categorized as either acute or chronic (Taylor, 2008). Acute pain lasts for fewer than 6 months and typically responds to treatment, whereas chronic pain lasts longer than 6 months. Chronic pain can be constant, intermittent, and/or progressive. Furthermore, there are a myriad pain conditions from fibromyalgia to complex regional pain syndrome to...
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Stutts, L. (2011). Pain. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_2060
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