[The psychological aspects of craniocervicomandibular pain dysfunction pathology]. / Aspetti psicologici della patologia algico-disfunzionale cranio-cervico-mandibolare.

The authors emphasized the role of the psychological factors in the onset and the maintenance of the algetic and dysfunctional pathology of the cranio-cervical-mandibular syndrome. The evaluation of anxiety and depression was made by psychological tests consisting in questionnaires given to the patients. The results of the questionnaires were not statistically valid due to the limited number of subjects, but a clinical and a psychological analysis was possible. The deep relationship between the patient and the therapist was analyzed from the psychological point of view.