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Compensation adversely affects severity and prognosis of chronic pain .
Multidisciplinary assessment and fuller investigation have led to organic diagnoses in almost all patients with a previous diagnosis of chronic pain . When considering costs for specific psychological treatments of chronic pain , use the new estimates of efficacy. Evidence for co-existing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should be considered when Chronic Pain is refractory to treatment. Childhood PTSD , sometimes difficult to diagnose, is often serious, disabling and warrants vigorous treatment. The efficacy of specific treatments for different aspects of PTSD is now better founded in empirical research.