Rethinking clinically significant pain: a marker of recovery rather than a warning of injury

Ajay Manhapra^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
² New England Mental Illness Research Education Clinical Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, United States.
³ Hampton VA Medical Center, Hampton, VA, United States.
⁴ Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Psychiatry, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, United States.

Comment

Ajay Manhapra. Pain. 2023.

. 2023 Mar 1;164(3):e174.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002800.

Ajay Manhapra^{1

2

3

4}

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
² New England Mental Illness Research Education Clinical Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, United States.
³ Hampton VA Medical Center, Hampton, VA, United States.
⁴ Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Psychiatry, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, United States.

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