Definition of Pain

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Rubén Nieto
eHealth Lab Research Group, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
Mayte Serrat
Unitat d’Expertesa en Síndromes de Sensibilització Central, Servei de Reumatologia, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, 08035 Barcelona, Spain. / Escoles Universitàries Gimbernat, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), 08193. Barcelona, Spain
Juan V. Luciano
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), 08193 Barcelona, Spain. / Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950 Barcelona, Spain. / CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain

Abstract:


This paper addresses the different aspects involved in the definition of pain. On the one hand, it explores the historical background of the term rooted in medicine, as well as the view of pain as an adaptive experience but also as a therapeutic challenge. The definition of pain by the International Association for the Study of Pain - IASP (2020) is highlighted. Finally, from a biopsychosocial approach to pain, the dangers and weaknesses of the biomedical model in the approach to persistent (chronic) pain are highlighted.

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Pain, Biopsychosocial, Persistent (chronic) pain

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Nieto, Rubén et al. “Definition of Pain”. Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, no. 26, doi:10.34810/PsicosomPsiquiatrnum2608.
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