The feminist women's health movement empowered women's knowledge regarding their
health and battled against paternalistic and oppressive practices within healthcare systems …

Objectives: Psychological trauma often co-occurs with pain. This relationship has been
explored using laboratory pain measures; however, findings have been mixed. Previous …

Adverse life events (ALEs) are a risk factor for chronic pain; however, mechanisms
underlying this association are not understood. This study examined whether cumulative …

The idea that emotions can influence pain is generally recognized. However, a synthesis of
the numerous individual experimental studies on this subject is lacking. The aim of the …

Abstract Objective Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been associated with a
range of adverse health outcomes, with pain being potentially one of them. This population …

Sexual assault (SA) is associated with an increased risk of chronic pain, but the mechanisms
for this relationship are poorly understood. To explore whether disrupted descending …

Abstract Purpose of Review Centralized pain presents a complex pathology that many
classic pharmacological agents for pain have not been able to sufficiently treat. To date …

Chronic pain is a major problem in clinical medicine and public health, affecting
approximately one in five adults, and is associated with significant societal and familial …

The field of Obstetrics and Gynecology is one that provides intersections between one's
most private and intimate moments with scenarios that could potentially trigger significant …

Emotion has a strong modulatory effect on pain perception and spinal nociception. Pleasure
inhibits pain and nociception, whereas displeasure facilitates pain and nociception …