Psychogenic orofacial pain: literature review, development of a diagnostic questionnaire and three cases report.

Abstract

Objectives: Review the literature on psychogenic face or head pain, develop a diagnostic questionnaire for psychogenic head and face pain and present three clinical cases presenting psychogenic pain. Material and Methods: Review of 18 papers on psychogenic pain to develop a diagnostic questionnaire with questions to be answered by patients that presented these three clinical cases. Results: The common things observed in three patients presenting psychogenic pain were higher scores in bruxing behavior, depression, somatization, severe pain and the presence of psychic conflict. Conclusions: Various types of other face and headaches occur in subjects with psychogenic face and head pain. Psychogenic pain individuals usually present severe pain associated with depression. Psychic conflict, somatization and depression are usually associated with psychogenic pain.

Case of Somatoform Disorder Due to COVID-19 Induced Trauma

“…The respondent of our case study was a 71-year-old woman, who underwent quarantine for COVID-19 disease, and suffered from persistent somatoform pain disorder due to psychological trauma relating to isolation at home, a warning put on the front door, and strong control every day. Clinically, psychological pain can occur in any organ [16], but 32% of the pain is in the back, 24% in the joints, 16% in the head, 15% in the muscles, and 13% in the abdomen [17]. The severity of pain can be measured by SPS (Stanford pain Scale), and Wong-Baker scale for pain (FASES) [18,19].…”