All patients with pain must be taken seriously, and both organic and emotional factors investigated. Cultural aspects, early developmental experience, and highly personal meanings may influence the individual's perception of and reaction to pain; specific psychiatric pain states may be identified as well. Treatment is aimed at curing the underlying cause of the discomfort or allowing maximal rehabilitation in chronic conditions.
所有疼痛患者都必须得到认真对待，对器质性和情绪性因素都要进行调查。文化因素、早期发育经历以及高度个体化的意义可能会影响个体对疼痛的感知和反应；也可能识别出特定的精神性疼痛状态。治疗旨在治愈不适的根本原因，或在慢性疾病中实现最大程度的康复。
