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The Role of the Psychiatrist in the Pain Clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stephen P. Tyrer
Stephen P. Tyrer*
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Research Unit in Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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In Britain there are almost 200 pain clinics concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic intractable pain. These patients have frequently run the gamut of medical and surgical services and they are referred to a pain clinic for further assessment and treatment, especially those cases where no organic basis can be found to account for the complaint of pain. Other reasons for referral include specialist treatment only available in a pain clinic, where conventional therapy has failed or where further surgical or medical treatment is not considered justifiable.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 9 , Issue 7 , July 1985 , pp. 135 - 136
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1985

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