Papers of the Week

Fibromyalgia and post-traumatic stress : role of psychotropic drugs and psychotherapies. The literature shows a high frequency of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in fibromyalgia syndrome and unexplained chronic pain as a comorbidity of PTSD. On the therapeutic level, the care of patients must be done in the benevolence and respect for the suffering of the patient with a therapeutic education for an adapted nutrition, the maintenance of the maximum possible physical activity and a drug management, physiotherapy and psychotherapy such as behavioral and cognitive therapy and hypnosis. Early diagnostic and therapeutic management require good multidisciplinary coordination for the management of patients suffering from fibromyalgia.