Pain Research and Management (Jan 2008)

Review of the Literature on the Psychoemotional Reality of Women with Vulvodynia: Difficulties Met and Strategies Developed

  • Maude Cantin-Drouin,
  • Dominique Damant,
  • Daniel Turcotte

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/801019
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 255 – 263

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Within the past three decades, increased attention has been placed on the study of vulvodynia - an unexplained chronic vulvular discomfort felt without any related pathology. In addition to its physical implications, vulvodynia has a psychosocial dimension.