Psychology 2036A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Opioid, Lesley Collier, Midbrain

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

It is a serious and prevalent health problem: costs add up to billion/year in ca, pain is most common medical complaint. Symptom that"s most likely to send people to seek treatment. Also the thing people fear most about treatment. Pain comes in many different forms (from flickering: to torturing ; see p. 302 don"t memorize: can be short term or continuous (chronic) The case of miss c. (student at mcgill: highly intelligent young women, appeared normal, normal sensation (all 5, one sensation she couldn"t experience= pain, she was born with insensitivity to pain (congenital) Young child, bit tongue off while chewing food. 3rd degree burns after kneeling on hot radiator: no pain when subjected to strong electrical shock, no pain when subjected to extremely hot/cold water, didn"t show any physiological changes when exposed to physiological stimulus. The experience of pain is essential for survival: pain with no apparent physical cause.