The current invention concerns a method said method comprises collecting data via - querying a subject on personality and/or health traits and/or - performing one or more social learning and/or (bio)physical tests by or on said subject characterized in that said data is used in a set of mathematical models thereby attributing one or more Scoring Factors to said subject, whereby said Scoring Factor is a measure of propensity of said subject to raise a response to a pain stimulus or a treatment strategy and/or a measure of the intensity of said response of said subject.