This focus on negative factors has guided numerous studies and increased our knowledge about vulnerability factors that contribute to or maintain chronic pain. As a result, psychological treatment has concentrated on decreasing the adverse impact of chronic pain by reducing these negative vulnerability fac...
Humor, which is different from laughter, has been shown to affect a person's mood, stress level, functioning, and acute pain report. However, it is unclear how those with chronic pain use humor to cope. This dissertation expanded Kuiper and Martin's (1998) study on laughter, stress and ...
Medically reviewed byCarmen Pope, BPharm. Last updated on Jan 6, 2025. What is tramadol? Tramadol is an opioid agonist that may be used to treat moderate to moderately severe chronic pain in adults. Extended-releaseforms of tramadol may be used in adults who require around-the-clock treatmen...
The human body is designed to experience stress and react to it. Stress can be positive ("eustress") -- such as getting a job promotion or being given greater responsibilities -- keeping us alert and ready to avoid danger. Stress becomes negative ("distress") when a person faces continuous...
they are also more vulnerable to developpsychiatric disorders, such as stress, depression or anxiety, leading to relevant impairment of activities of daily living and quality of life. However, it is important to highlight that chronic pain management has shown to have a positive impact on patients...
The aim was to summarize evidence of person-centered/non-medical interventions supporting women with VCF. Results show small numbers of studies with only probable effect on function, pain, QoL, fear of falling, and psychological symptoms. The vertebral compression fracture (VCF) caused by ...
Figure 3. Effect of Contemplative Dyads on Social Closeness and Self-disclosure View LargeDownload A, Raw person-mean change in social closeness before and after practice, and self-disclosure during practice. Data from 1 participant in training cohort 3 (TC3) included social closeness change valu...
Chronic pain negatively impacts a person's quality of life. Often, over the counter pain medication, such as ibuprofen or aspirin, are ineffective in alleviating chronic pain. In these instances, a surprising choice is often a drug used to treat an entirely different condition - depression. ...
Background and aims Chronic pain not only affects the person in pain, but can also have a negative impact on relationships with loved ones. Research shows that chronic pain is associated with difficulties in marital relationships, which in turn is related to a variety of negative outcomes such ...
bPeople were deemed ineligible during in-person screening if they had a psychiatric condition judged to be incompatible with establishment of rapport or safe exposure to psilocybin (n = 17); did not have confirmed DSM-5 diagnosis of MDD (n = 7); had a recent history of moderate to severe...