Monday, September 26, 2016

Dysfunctional pain modulation in torture survivors: The mediating effect of PTSD

Trauma survivors, and particularly torture survivors, suffer from high rates of chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for years afterwards, along with alterations in the function of the pain system. Based on longitudinal data on PTSD symptomatology, we tested whether exposure to torture, PTSD or PTSD trajectories accounted for chronic pain and altered pain perception.

from The Journal of Pain http://ift.tt/2dndGWp
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