Child Abuse and Dissociation in Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
| Autor: | John Read, Robert Large, Michael Williams |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Child abuse
medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study lcsh:R5-920 Dissociation (neuropsychology) medicine.drug_class Population Dissociative medicine.disease Low back pain Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Pain Clinics Complex regional pain syndrome Neurology Sexual abuse medicine medicine.symptom Psychiatry education Psychology lcsh:Medicine (General) |
| Zdroj: | Pain Research and Management, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 15-22 (1999) |
| ISSN: | 1203-6765 |
| Popis: | >OBJECTIVE:In the absence of a proven medical explanation for the chronic pain syndrome Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type I (CRPS I), this study explored a hypothetical link between childhood physical and sexual abuse, and the subsequent development of CRPS I. The hypothesis predicts the existence of a subpopulation of CRPS I patients with a high frequency of dissociative experiences corresponding to a history of childhood trauma.DESIGN:To test this theory, CRPS I patients attending the Auckland Hospital Pain Clinic, Auckland, New Zealand were assessed by self-report questionnaires for their frequency of dissociative experiences and for a history of childhood abuse. The data were compared with those of a low back pain control group and a healthy, pain-free control group.RESULTS:CRPS I patients were not unusually dissociative and had not experienced significantly higher rates of childhood abuse than the general population. Two of the 18 CRPS I patients were highly dissociative; both reported childhood sexual abuse.CONCLUSIONS:A trauma-dissociation pathway to CPRS I was not found. The desirability of screening for that subpopulation of CPRS I sufferers who may have been abused is discussed. |
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