During the course of the hearing, the doctor treating the student submitted that the student was suffering from a psychosomatic disorder that caused muscle spasms.
Anxiety can result from a patient s disposition and from environmental stimuli such as the internet. Because anxiety can worsen compliance and outcomes, clinicians should work to counteract it.
Psychological therapy that changes patients beliefs about the causes and threat of pain led to a large reduction in primary chronic back pain in a randomized controlled trial.