Table of Contents

EDITORIAL

A New Journal in the Pain Area
Patricia Schofield and Joav Merrick

REVIEW ARTICLES

Life Mission Theory VIII: A Theory for Pain
Søren Ventegodt, Isack Kandel and Joav Merrick

Pain and Pleasure in Sexuality. An Analysis for Use in Clinical Holistic Medicine
Søren Ventegodt, Isack Kandel,Joav Merrick

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Eli Carmeli, Aviv Saposhnik, Pnina Ya’akobi,Hava Faran, Zilla Fisher, Yael Goldman, Guy Neeman and Avraham Feazadeh

Paracetamol Use in the Elderly
Gisèle Pickering

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Insensitivity of Lymphocytes of Patients with Neuropathic Pain Conditions to K+Channel Blockers
Kim Lawson, Elisabeth Shawcross and Jon H. Raphael

A Comparison of Caudal and Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections in the Management of Radicular Mechanical Lower Back Pain
Jon H. Raphael, Arasu Rayen, Claire Beddall, Amjhad Haseeb and Yusuf Bhimji

A Study of Experienced Chronic Pain in the Holistic Medicine Clinic Using Mindful Psychodynamic Short Time Psychotherapy Complemented with Bodywork
Søren Ventegodt, Isack Kandel and Joav Merrick

An Investigation of the Repeatability of the Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey (MAPS) for Neck and Back Pain
Orla M. Crummey Keith Rome and Denis J. Martin

Gender Differences in the Emotional Response to Cognitive Behavioural Group Therapy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Karen LeMarchand, Jon H. Raphael, Claire Beddall, Gareth J. Treharne and Sandeep Kapur