Talk:Gate control theory of pain

EntmootsOfTrolls would have liked this article to be part of User:EntmootsOfTrolls/WikiProject Body, Cognition and Senses, which provides guidelines for articles on those topics, and seeks stronger cross-linkage and cross-cultural treatment of all of these topics.

relevance?[edit]

Some parts of this article, such as "learning to control pain", don't seem to have much to do with the gate gontrol theory. Or maybe it's just not explained enough how they're related. The same bits also strike me as a bit scientifically questionable. Can they be made a subpage? Can someone find sources to cite for them? Thanks, delldot | talk 01:37, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly, if someone is going to say that pain is a mental illness, I'd expect to see a damn good reference, or a criticisms section. James pic

You might want to read psychalgia and psychogenic pain before you get too committed to your initial position. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:00, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal[edit]

I'm against merging this article with Pain, simply because Pain is big enough as it is. Lova Falk (talk) 16:18, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I second that. Pain has 2 paragraphs on gate control theory, which is enough for that article, but the subject deserves much more detailed coverage, which a dedicated article could provide. Anthony (talk) 13:18, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've had second thoughts. All of this article is covered already under "Gate control theory" on the Pain page, and more concisely, and that's all that needs saying about the gate control theory. I see no need for this page and think it should redirect there. The illustrations have problems, discussed on the contributing artist's talk page. Anthony (talk) 18:03, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]