In July 2020, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) revised the definition of pain, according to which pain is an unpleasant aesthetic and emotional experience related to, or appears to be related to, real or potential tissue damage. Chronic pain is characterized by a long duration, exceeding 6 months. Chronic neuropathic pain is caused by damage or disease of the somatosensory nervous system.~Neuropathic pain is more severe than other types of pain and causes significant psychological weight, in contrast to pain from irritating the senses, and that it can cause more severe mental illness. There is therefore an interaction between chronic neuropathic pain and mental illness, especially depression in chronic pain and anxiety disorders in acute pain.~In recent years, cognitive physiotherapy intervention has been of particular interest, which has been shown to be effective in a wide range of chronic pain disorders, using different psychological techniques. Treatment argues that a person's beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors play a central role in determining the overall experience of pain.
This research will provide a better understanding of the interaction of chronic neuropathic pain and its interaction with the mental state. In addition, he will compare the results of simple classical physiotherapy intervention with cognitive physiotherapy intervention in chronic neuropathic pain. Finally, it will highlight the usefulness of integrating elements of cognitive-behavioral therapy in physiotherapy intervention to achieve a comprehensive anthropocentric therapy.