Andrea Pietro Cottini

TL;DR: Several psychological factors are associated with pain secondary to neurological conditions and should be acknowledged and addressed in order to effectively treat this condition.

TL;DR: Different forms of psychological interventions, including Cognitive—Behavioral Therapy, cognitive or behavioral techniques, Mindfulness, hypnosis, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Brief Interpersonal Therapy, virtual reality interventions, various forms of biofeedback and mirror therapy were found to be effective for pain reduction in pathologies.

TL;DR: Assessment of the magnitude of the placebo effect in disorders that may undergo neurorehabilitation treatment found weak effects in central neuropathic pain and moderate effects in postherpetic neuralgia; only weak short-term effects were found in complex regional pain syndrome.

TL;DR: The International Association of Pain (IASP) as mentioned in this paper defines the concept of pain as "the feeling of being in pain associated with a danno reale o potenziale of a tessuto, o descritta con riferimento a tale dannone, solitamente di attacco or fuga".

TL;DR: In this paper, assistenza a pazienti ricoverati, con algie acute o croniche, richiede la pratica congiunta di diverse figure professionali: medico, fisioterapista, infermiere, psicologo.