Pain Insensitivity in Schizophrenia: A Neglected Phenomenon and Some Implications
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Pain insensitivity in schizophrenia: a neglected phenomenon and some implications.
The literature on insensitivity to pain in schizophrenia is reviewed. Numerous reports indicate that, relative to normals, individuals with schizophrenia are insensitive to physical pain associated with illness and injury. In addition, insensitivity to pain of various sorts administered in experimental studies has been reported frequently in this population. This extensive and diverse literatur...
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عنوان ژورنال: Schizophrenia Bulletin
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0586-7614,1745-1701
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/20.2.235