PSY 383 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Opioid Peptide, Nociceptor, Cerebral Cortex
2 Nov 2016
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Chapter 10 notes: the management of pain and discomfort: Provides low-level feedback about the functioning of our bodily systems. Can lead a person to seek treatment. Inadequate relief from pain is the most common reason for requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide. Verbal reports large, informal vocabulary that people use for describing pain. Pain questionnaires ask about the nature of pain and its intensity. Addressing the psychosocial components of pain how much: fear it causes, it has taken over a person"s life. Methodological tools can be used to gain insights about pain. Pain behaviors: arise from chronic pain: assess how pain has disrupted a patient"s life, help define the characteristics of different pain syndromes. Protective mechanism to bring tissue damage into conscious awareness. Negative emotions exacerbate pain and vice versa. Mechanical nociception: results from mechanical damage to the tissues of the body. Experience of pain due to temperature exposure: polymodal nociception: Pain that triggers chemical reactions from tissue damage.
