PSYC 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Reductionism, Discectomy, Cortisol
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2/21, pain, most commonly cited reason for seeking medical health, women/socially/financially disadvantaged groups report pain more, pain behaviors: avoidance of tasks (bad - lowers feelings of self-worth, acute pain: good to know injury to take care of. Results from specific injury that causes tissue damage: chronic pain: no evolutionary benefit, exists to make people miserable, chronic pain patient, experience loss of self-esteem, receive compensation. Increases pain as it provides an incentive for being in pain: relationships: Intermittent episodes of pain that are acute in character, but chronic in condition. (recurs for more than 6 mo: chronic progressive pain, persists longer than 6mo and severity increases over time. Malignancies/degenerative disorders: measuring pain, pain assessment is by no means a simple process. Inherent difficulty is trying to interpret a uniquely individual experience related to pain: self-report, asdf, mcgill pain questionnaire, best known and most frequently used questionnaire, measures 3 dimensions of pain experience: