[Liaison-psychiatric approach for patients with chronic low back pain]

Abstract

There are a number of chronic low back pain patients who have not only the somatic disorder as disability of the trunk but also the mental disorder, i.e. insomnia, depression. It should pay attention to the mental state of the patients and human relationship in home and career, as background of low back pain. Liaison-Psychiatric Approach means that orthopedist works in cooperation with psychiatrist. Medical team including orthopedist, psychiatrist, and co-medical stuff such as psychiatric social worker, physiotherapist, etc. is made up to discuss the curative course dependent on each psychosomatic problems of the patients with chronic low back pain in Liaison conference.