Pain in psychiatric disorders

Abstract

The final chapter of the section discusses the role of neuroactive steroids on gamma-aminonutyric acid (GABA) -A and glutamate NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors, a common thread in the causation of major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety, panic disorder and social anxiety disorder. The penultimate chapter discusses the relationship between generalized anxiety disorder and pain, focusing on neuro-biological background of the occurrence of both, while the final chapter discusses pain processing in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). [...]the book is topical and relevant with brief, well-edited chapters.