Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent, disabling conditions both in clinical and psychological aspects and yet often remains inadequately treateddue to cost reasons. Moreover, chronic pain commonly occurs in conjunction with depression, anxiety and somatoform disorders. Chronic andrecurrent pain not associated with a disease is very common in childhood and adolescence, but there are very less studies and analysis has been doneon chronic pain epidemiology and management. As pain is the important factor influencing quality of life and also the reason for which a person seekthe advice of physician even require hospitalization that is why this systematic review highlights the different types of chronic pain, epidemiology,pathophysiology, and management of chronic pain along with psychological issues associated with it.Keywords: Pain, Psychological aspects, Epidemiology, Somatoform disor
