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Research and Education
As a major academic medical center, CSTD is
a leading research institution and an
educational facility for tomorrow's
physicians and scientists.
Basic research mainly focused upon:
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pain measurement
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stressful life events and chronic
primary headache
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chronic pain, personality and gender
differences
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quality of life and pain
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consciousness and pain
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mechanisms of hypnotic analgesia
Main clinical research areas included:
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multidisciplinary and multimodal
treatment approach to chronic pain
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neuropathic pain
(e.g., herpes zoster and
postherpetic nevralgia)
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chronic primary headache
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failed back sindrome
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ericksonian hypnotic techniques for pain
control
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