Personalized approach in chronic pain psychotherapy].

Aude Molinard-Chenu, Christine Cedraschi, Vasileios Chytas

Revue medicale suisse 2021 Feb 10

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Chronic pain is a complex phenomenon that includes three dimensions : biological, socio-cultural and psychological. The psychological aspect plays an amplifying role in the perception of pain and therefore, adjuvant psychotherapies are an important tool in the multidimensional management of chronic pain. In this article, we present the main psychotherapeutic approaches and techniques applied in the field of chronic pain which act on the cognitive-emotional, traumatic, as well as on the sensory level. The personalization of psychotherapeutic treatment, as well as the involvement of patients in its choice, should allow psychotherapeutic approaches to achieve their goal in terms of improving the quality of life of patients.

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Aude Molinard-Chenu, Christine Cedraschi, Vasileios Chytas. Personalized approach in chronic pain psychotherapy]. Revue medicale suisse. 2021 Feb 10;17(725):293-296