"The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) and the International Forum for the Study of Itch (IFSI) share a common mission of bringing clinicians and researchers to think and work together to understand pain and itch, respectively and help find better treatments for patients in both diseases. IASP has established a dedicated Special Interest Group (SIG) focusing specifically on the differences and commonalities between pain and itch pathways and mechanisms. Translating fundamental knowledge from pain to itch and vice versa can help targeting the development of new and better treatments. The purpose of this book entitled" Itch and Pain: Similarities, Interactions and Differences" follows these 2 societies' mission. It is edited by the past president and founder of IFSI (Gil Yosipovitch) and the present president of IASP (Lars Arendt-Nielsen) as well as by a researcher who trained in both itch and pain psychophysics (Hjalte Holm Andersen). For the first time the book provides a comprehensive overview of how these important sensations share common and different pathways/mechanisms and their interactions"-- Provided by publisher.