Abstract
Chronic pain is considered a common disabling disease, frequently related to a high comorbidity with anxiety and depression. Several psychological techniques have demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of chronic pain, in particular, mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) seem to reduce pain acting on self-regulatory individual's ability. In addition, this approach could develop cognitive strategies to decrease impulsivity. We selected a case of a patient with encephalomyelitis and spastic tetraparesis to assess the application and effectiveness of MBIs to reduce pain perception, improve anxiety and depressive symptoms. Our treatment showed a reduction in pain perception, and an improvement in anxious and depressive symptoms. In conclusion, MBIs could be useful to relieve disorders related to pain in neurological patients.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 69-71 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice |
Volume | 36 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2019 |
Keywords
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Encephalomyelitis
- Mindfulness
- Pain
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Complementary and alternative medicine