Research Paradigms in Psychosomatic Medicine with Special Emphasis on Whiplash - Cervical Hyperextension Flexion Injury (CHFI)

There have been a number of attempts, particularly in the last five decades to understand the origins of pain in terms of psychological or psychosomatic patterns. These include psychoanalytic explanations relying on hysterical mechanisms, and psychophysiological proposals. The occurrence of pain in...

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Main Author: Harold Merskey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2003-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/451725