Psychology 2036A/B Lecture 10: psych 2036-Week 10

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

Document Summary

Chapter outline: opening story: juvenile arthritis, section i: (cid:498)the decade of pain(cid:499, section ii: pain and arthritis, section iii: pharmacological and psychotherapeutic, management. Opening story: juvenile arthritis: caitlin is 14-years-old, but suffers from pain, stiffness, soreness in her fingers, toes, elbows, knees, and shoulders due to arthritis. Doctors diagnosed caitlin with juvenile arthritis, which is a form of arthritis that affects children usually before age 16. Like arthritis in adults, juvenile arthritis is caused by inflammation of the joints. The cause of inflammation in children is unknown, but it is thought to be due to an autoimmune disorder. In some cases, juvenile arthritis can go into remission which means to show no signs or symptoms of illness. Caitlin must do daily exercises and take medications to manage her arthritis. She admits that sometimes she can be grouchy due to a bad night of sleep from her stiff joints. In 1990s, hcps and legislators called attention to under treatment of pain.