Unprecedented numbers of cases of MPD have been diagnosed, mainly in North America,
since 1957. Widespread publicity for the concept makes it uncertain whether any case can …

Presents a description of chronic pain syndromes and definitions of pain terms. A coding
system is presented for primary headache syndromes and pain of the psychological origin in …

What we ordinarily call pain can arise either as a consequence of physical events or as a
result of psychological processes. Both situations can be covered in one definition by treating …

Logic and language influence our ideas about the truth of pain, and can alter our understanding
of it. Physicians should not tell their patients that there is nothing wrong with them if all …

• Problems in the literature in the appraisal of brain deep white-matter changes are
considered. The identification of the changes with Binswanger's disease alone is rejected, and …

Taxonomy is the theory and practice of classification. For an ideal classification each item to
be considered should be independent of all other items so that it stands in its own place in …

To study the effects of amitriptyline in treating postherpetic neuralgia, 24 patients were randomly
assigned to either drug or placebo in a double-blind crossover study. We found good to …

We report here follow-up data on subjects who were examined in two surveys conducted by
the United States Center for Health Statistics at an interval of 8 years. The first survey was …

Chronic pain and depression frequently occur together. A selection bias afflicts all hospital
clinic and family practice populations in which this relationship has been examined. We report …

Objective: To investigate the impact of gender and a set of pain characteristics on the threat
or challenge appraisal of pain and the impact of these appraisals on the coping strategies …