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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
04/03/2011
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Term
pain
 Definition
The sensory and emotional experience of discomfort usually associated with actual or threatened tissue damage
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Significance

survival
medical
psychological
economic
 Definition
-in order for humans to function
-lead to treatment
-pain is worsened by depression/anixety
-make money for US
Term
acute pain
 Definition
temp, last 6 months, anxiety decreases and pain does
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chronic pain
 Definition
longer, over 6 months, associated with depression helplessness,
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