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Whenever I feel afraid
I strike a careless pose
And whistle a happy tune
And no one ever knows
I'm afraid.
Rogers and Hammerstein
South Pacific
The psychological evidence strongly supports the view of pain as a perceptual experience whose quality and intensity are influenced by the unique past history of the individual, by the meaning he gives to the pain-producing situations and by his 'state of mind' at the moment. We believe that all these factors play a rol....
Melzack, R. and Wall, P. D., "The Challenge of Pain (Reprint of 1988 edition)", Penguin Books, 2008, 32
The influence of psychosocial factors on the presentation of back pain, their relationship to the severity of disability reported, and their influence on the outcome from a wide variety of treatments has been understood for some time.
Turk, Dennis, and Melzack, Ronald, "Handbook of Pain Assessment", The Guildford Press, 2011, 303
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