[Characteristics and prevalence of painful coenesthesia in a pain clinic].

Background: Coenesthesia, a rarely described symptom, is classified as schizophrenia according to ICD-10 and can occur independently of psychiatric diseases as a form of pain. The prevalence in chronic pain disorders is still unknown. The present study investigates the characteristics and psychological comorbidities of painful coenesthesia.

[Aspects of liaison psychiatry care of patients in a university pain clinic].

Background: Owing to a rise of psychosomatic comorbidities, the treatment of psychological disorders, which may negatively impact prognosis and therapy, is increasingly becoming a focus of attention for pain outpatient clinics.

Aim: This study investigates and discusses the advantages of liaison psychiatric care in a university pain clinic.

Methods: In this retrospective study, we investigated all patients who presented to an anaesthesiologically led pain clinic between January and June 2014.

[Pain therapy in in-patients with cancer. Effects of a manual-based approach as guideline for pain-consulting service at a university hospital].

Background: Appropriate medication is an important and substantial part in the therapy of tumor-induced pain.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the efficiency of anaesthesiology-based consultant service characterizing the quality of this type of treatment in daily clinical practice of a university hospital, i. e.

[The addicted patient in anaesthesia - benzodiazepine dependence].

As a result of the demographic change, the proportions of elderly patients undergoing operations and anesthesia are increasingly important. The consumption of benzodiazepines evidently rises with increasing age. Associated with the increasing consumption in the elderly is the risk of cognitive impairment, delirium, falls and fractures.

[Pain therapy in patients with schizoaffective disorder and cancer].

We report on two patients with schizoaffective psychosis, cancer, and pain. However, it is not possible to make somatic or psychic disturbances alone responsible for the pain. In patients with current schizoaffective disorders, only administration of a combination of psychopharmaceutical and opioid agents is successful.