THE LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF FACIAL-PAIN TREATMENT

Authors
FEINMANN C
Citation
C. Feinmann, THE LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF FACIAL-PAIN TREATMENT, Journal of psychosomatic research, 37(4), 1993, pp. 381-387
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
Journal of psychosomatic research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223999
Volume
37
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
381 - 387
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3999(1993)37:4<381:TLOOFT>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The long-term outcome of facial pain treatment is largely unknown. Thi s study reports the results of a 4-yr review which indicated that cons ervative treatments including drug therapy and counselling are effecti ve for 70% of patients. Refractory pain was associated with a long com plex history of pain, a preoccupation with physical symptoms and poor psychosocial adjustment.