Risk factors of chronic pain and approaches to pain management
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Chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts longer than six months and compromises a person’s quality of life. Risk factors associated with chronic pain might be physical, psychological, or socioeconomic in nature. A range of psychological and pharmacological interventions have been used to help affected individuals cope with chronic pain; these most commonly include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, meditation and relaxation techniques, hypnosis, and biofeedback. Despite the range of options, the difficulty associated with recognizing chronic pain, the complexity of its presentation, and the irregular nature of its manifestation, make treating this often debilitating condition particularly challenging. This Collection welcomes original research articles from Psychology, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience reporting studies on the risk factors of chronic pain and potential approaches to its management.
Editors
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Bijar Ghafouri
Pain and Rehabilitation Centre, and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Li Hu &
Li Hu
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Katsuya Kami
Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Wakayama Health Care Sciences, Takarazuka University of Medical and Health Care, Japan
Bijar Ghafouri is a Professor in biochemistry of chronic pain at the Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Medical Faculty, Linkoping University, Sweden. Her main research interest is investigating molecular “signature” of chronic pain at peripheral and central levels using omics. Professor Ghafouri has co-authored more than 100 articles, reviews, and posters on clinical biomarkers with a major interest in chronic pain. Professor Ghafouri has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.
Li Hu is a full Professor at the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research is centred around the field of pain cognitive neuroscience, with a particular focus on the psychophysiological mechanisms underlying pain and analgesia. Professor Hu has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.
Katsuya Kami is a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Wakayama Health Care Sciences, Takarazuka University of Medical and Health Care. His major research interests are to elucidate neural pathways and molecular mechanisms in brain, brainstem and spinal dorsal horn and also effects of emotions such as fear and anxiety in producing Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia using neuropathic pain model animals. Professor Kami has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.
