Psychobehavioral and psychosocial aspects of neuropathic pain patients

  • Perissinotti D
  • Portnoi A
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Identifying and treating psychosocial, intrapsychic, relational, psychiatric and psychobehavioral factors which influ-ence neuropathic pain nature, severity and persistence are object of scientific concern and a lot has been done in this area; however it is clear the need for further emphasis and disclosure of contents for better professional knowledge. This study aimed at outlining the psychobehavioral and psychosocial scenario by means of literature review, through some theories about pain regulation, via cognitive functioning and stress theories, although it is known that the universe of this study is too broad but the idea is to outline a panoramic view of the field. CONTENTS: Incapacity, distress, painful and unhealthy behaviors and of gains are challenging factors for the treatment of neuropathic pain patients. Notions about thinking distortion, especially caused by pain perception leading to cata-strophic thoughts and decreasing the efficacy of other non-addressed interven-tions, as well as aspects of the psychosocial impact influencing the development of chronicity and maintenance of unhealthy patterns. CONCLUSION: Psychological interventions aiming at changing beliefs and dysfunctional behaviors, incapacities and distress, at changing neuropathic pain perception, treatment of mental decompensations such as depression and anxi-ety and of recurrences, are critical to manage neuropathic pain patients. It is confirmed that knowledge about adaptations in the rewarding circuits is funda-mental for psychological, psychotherapeutic and psychosocial interventions to be more effective, thus preventing problems related to pathological maintenance in cases of neuropathic etiology. RESUMO JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Identificar e tratar os fatores psicossociais, intrapsíquicos, relacionais, psiquiátricos e psicocomportamentais que influen-ciem a natureza, gravidade, persistência da dor neuropática, vem sendo objeto de preocupação científica e muito se tem progredido na área, no entanto, é vigente a necessidade de maior ênfase e divulgação dos conteúdos para melhor conhe-cimento no meio profissional. O presente artigo visou esboçar o panorama da área psicocomportamental e psicossocial, por meio de levantamento da literatura, através de algumas teorias acerca da regulação de dor, via teorias do funciona-mento cognitivo e estresse, embora sabidamente o universo de estudo seja muito amplo, pretende esboçar uma visão panorâmica do campo. CONTEÚDO: A incapacidade, o sofrimento, os comportamentos dolorosos e doentios e dos ganhos são fatores de desafio aos tratamentos do doente com dor neuropática. Noções acerca da distorção do pensamento, particularmente, decor-rente da percepção da dor induzindo a pensamentos catastróficos reduzindo a eficácia de outras intervenções não abordadas, bem como aspectos da visão do impacto psicossocial que intervêm no desenvolvimento da cronificação e ma-nutenção de padrões doentios. CONCLUSÃO: As intervenções psicológicas ao visarem à alteração das crenças e Psychobehavioral and psychosocial aspects of neuropathic pain patients Aspectos psicocomportamentais e psicossociais dos portadores de dor neuropática

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Perissinotti, D. M. N., & Portnoi, A. G. (2016). Psychobehavioral and psychosocial aspects of neuropathic pain patients. Revista Dor, 17. https://doi.org/10.5935/1806-0013.20160055

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