#19. Poverty is Painful: Pain perception and socioeconomics - Dr. Marianne Reddan

Dr. Marianne Reddan, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, USA. Joins Sahir and Olivia to talk about social factors which influence pain. We try to improve our understanding of what pain is, how emotional pain is different from physical pain and how acute pain works differently from chronic pain. We cover factors such as peoples relationships, economic status, gender and race in perception of pain along with the associated brain pathways involved in pain perception.

Marianne Reddan 

Chapters

• 0:06 Introduction
• 6:14 What is pain?
• 10:05 Differences in people experiencing pain
• 27:55 Pain and attachment styles
• 32:55 Brain regions involved in pain
• 36:37 Chronification and expectancy of pain
• 47:31 Emotional pain vs physical pain
• 52:34 Resilience and social stressors
• 58:59 New study on pain perception and socioeconomics
• 1:04:43 An idea into conceptual models of pain perception in the brain
• 1:16:22 Final Questions