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The Multiaxial Classification of Pain: Psychosocial Dimension (MACPainP)

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MACPainP Multiaxial Classification of Pain Psychosocial Dimension

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Keeping the unsatisfactory options for classifying chronic pain in mind, the “Multiaxial Classification of Pain – Psychosocial Dimension” (Klinger et al. 1992, 1998) offers an important, integrative approach to the nuanced codification system for pain diagnoses. By combining the MACPainP with the ICD-10 GM diagnosis F45.41 and the corresponding somatic ICD-10 diagnoses, it is now possible to describe the psychological factors of pain syndromes in a more nuanced fashion.

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Klinger, R., Hasenbring, M., Pfingsten, M. (2019). The Multiaxial Classification of Pain: Psychosocial Dimension (MACPainP). In: MACPainP Multiaxial Classification of Pain Psychosocial Dimension. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00425-5_2

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