Psychosomatics 20: 229-232, 1979
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© 1979 Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
Reintegrating psychiatry into pain-management programs
ROBERT L. HENDREN D.O.1, and
NEAL E. KRUPP M.D.2
1 Resident in psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
2 Consultant in psychiatry, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
The authors describe traditional and modern approaches to the management of patients with chronic pain. They recommend a reintegration of psychiatry into pain-management programs not only for patients with nonorganic pain but also for those with mixed (psychogenic and organic) pain problems. Case histories are included.
