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KMID : 0387420080190030299
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2008 Volume.19 No. 3 p.299 ~ p.307
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A Case Report of the Herbal Medication Treatment and Psychotherapy for a Patient with Psychogenic Chronic Low Back Pain
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Kim Ji-Hyung
Han Chang
Ryu Ki-Jun
An Keon-Sang
Kwon Seung-Ro
Cho Jae-Hee
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Abstract
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In this study, we treated a patient with psychogenic chronic low back pain for 2 years with herbal medication treatment and psychotherapy. The case was a 17 years old female patient complained chronic low back pain for a long time. She received the spine operation, epidural injection, many kind of oriental medicine treatment about low back pain, but there was no improvement. We diagnosed her pain as a psychogenic pain disorder, and treated her with herbal medication for decrease her stress, and did a psychotherapy such as the progressive muscle relaxation, and counseled about trouble with her family. After treatment, her chronic low back pain was improved so much. We think that the herbal medication treatment and psychotherapy can be helpful to treat patients who have psychic and physical disorders.
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KEYWORD
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chronic low back pain(LBP), psychogenic pain disorder, Psychotherapy Progressive muscle relaxation(PMR) Counseling theraphy
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