The Concept of Mental Pain

Tossani, Eliana

doi:10.1159/000343003

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“…We would like to respond to Dr. Tossani's excellent editorial ‘The concept of mental pain' [1]. The article provides an important overview of various perspectives and terminology used to refer to mental pain.…”

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“…Moreover, the term ‘psychological' encompasses beliefs, thoughts, feelings and behaviors [10], all of which are involved in the experience of psychological pain. Tossani's editorial [1] described mental pain as disruption in an individual's wholeness and social unity, self-awareness of inadequacy, a perception of negative changes in the self, emptiness due to loss of meaning and threats to the intactness of a person as a social and psychological entity. These descriptions appear to be congruent with our proposed definition of psychological pain.…”

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Toward a Unifying Definition: Response to ‘The Concept of Mental Pain'

Meerwijk

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2013

Psychother Psychosom

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Toward a Unifying Definition: Response to ‘The Concept of Mental Pain'

Meerwijk

Weiss²

2013

Psychother Psychosom

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“…First, they used the Mee-Bunney Psychological Pain Assessment Scale. This is a 10-item self-rating inventory, where psychological pain is measured from none to unbearable and frequency is also measured [38]. The researchers also administered the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale.…”

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Holographic Kinetics for Clinically Diagnosed Suicidal, Depressed, PTSD Military Veterans: Case Study

Chevalier¹

2017

ACIM

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“…This finding is in keeping with the notion that most people attempt suicide for emotional purposes, such as being relieved of a painful or unbearable state (Maltsberger, 2004;Orbach, Mikulincer, Gilboa-Schechtman, and Sirota, 2003), and places psychological pain at the core of SB (Maltsberger, 2004;Orbach et al, 2003). Shneidman (Shneidman, 1993) and Tossani (Tossani, 2013) have stressed the strong link between psychological pain and SB. Furthermore, our findings are also consistent with the recent suggestion that in any addiction, negative reinforcement is the motivation that ultimately predominates (Wise and Koob, 2014).…”

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¿Están los grandes repetidores adictos a los comportamientos suicidas?

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The literature provides support for the hypothesis that some major repeaters (individuals with ≥5 lifetime suicide attempts) are addicted to suicidal behavior (SB). This study explores whether major repeaters are addicted to SB or not using 7 criteria: tolerance (Criterion 1), withdrawal (Criterion 2), loss of control (Criterion 3), problems in quitting/cutting down (Criterion 4), much time spent using (Criterion 5), substantial reduction in activities (Criterion 6), and adverse physiological/physical consequences (Criterion 7). Total dependence on SB was indicated by the presence of 3 or more of the 7 criteria in the last 12 months. This cross-sectional study at Puerta de Hierro University Hospital (Madrid, Spain) recruited 118 suicide attempters including 8 major repeaters (7%, 8/118), who were all females. The association between each SB addiction criterion, physiological dependence and total dependence with major repeater status was tested for significance and for effect size with odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals. As hypothesized, major repeaters met significantly higher frequency of criteria for total dependence on SB, OR=62.9 (6.4-615). A backward stepwise logistic regression model was used to provide an OR between major repeater status and total dependence status corrected by confounding variables. Age, panic disorder without agoraphobia, borderline personality disorder, history of psychiatric inpatient admission, and total dependence on SB were introduced as independent variables with major repeater status as the dependent variable. The model selected total dependence and age as the remaining significant variables in the last step. Accordingly, major repeaters appear to be addicted to SB. Key words: major repeaters, suicidal behavior, addiction, borderline personality disorder. La escasa literatura existente sugiere que los "grandes repetidores" (individuos con 5 intentos de suicidio a lo largo de la vida) pueden ser considerados "adictos" a los comportamientos suicidas. Este estudio explora si los grandes repetidores sufren una adicción a los comportamientos suicidas usando 7 criterios: tolerancia (Criterio 1), abstinencia (Criterio 2), perdida de control (Criterio 3), problemas para dejar de tener o disminuir esos comportamientos (Criterio 4), uso de tiempo excesivo (Criterio 5), reducción importante de actividades (Criterio 6), y consecuencias físicas adversas (Criterio 7). La dependencia total a los comportamientos suicidas era diagnosticada si el sujeto cumplía 3 o más de los 7 criterios en los últimos 12 meses. Se trata de un estudio transversal realizado integramente en el Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro (Madrid, Spain), donde fueron recrutados 118 individuos que se presentaron en los servicios de urgencia por un intento de suicidio, incluyendo 8 grandes repetidores (7%, 8/118), siendo todos ellos mujeres. Se estimó si había asociaciones estadísticamente significativas y el tamaño del efecto con la razón de oportuniades y los intervalos de confianza (95%) entre cada un...

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The Concept of Mental Pain

Cited by 101 publications

References 113 publications

Toward a Unifying Definition: Response to ‘The Concept of Mental Pain'

Toward a Unifying Definition: Response to ‘The Concept of Mental Pain'

Holographic Kinetics for Clinically Diagnosed Suicidal, Depressed, PTSD Military Veterans: Case Study

¿Están los grandes repetidores adictos a los comportamientos suicidas?

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