Psychology 2036A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Nociceptor

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

Document Summary

Pain is a serious and prevalent health problem in our society. The costs associated with pain add up to billion per year in canada. Symptom that is 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 p. 302) He said he does(cid:374)(cid:859)t e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)t us to (cid:373)e(cid:373)orize all of the differe(cid:374)t t(cid:455)pes. The puzzling phenomena of pain: a world without pain, may think this would be an ideal place to live. She was intelligent, appeared normal in every respect (all 5 of her senses were normal) But she was incapable of experiencing pain she had: congenital pain insensitivity. For e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple, as a kid she (cid:271)it her to(cid:374)gue off (cid:449)he(cid:374) she (cid:449)as (cid:272)he(cid:449)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d did(cid:374)(cid:859)t feel it, she got (cid:1007)rd degree burns when kneeling on a radiator.