Behavioral and Psychopharmacologic Pain Management

by Edited by Michael H. Ebert , Robert D. Kerns

• ISBN13: 9780521884341
• ISBN10: 0521884349
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Pain is the most common symptom bringing a patient to a physician's attention. Physicians training in pain medicine may originate from different disciplines and approach the field with varying backgrounds and experience. This book captures the theory and evidence-based practice of behavioral, psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological treatments in modern pain medicine. The book's contributors span the fields of psychiatry, psychology, anesthesia, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and nursing. Thus the structure and content of the book convey the interdisciplinary approach that is the current standard for the successful practice of pain management. The book is designed to be used as a text for training fellowships in pain medicine, as well as graduate courses in psychology, nursing, and other health professions.

Table of Contents

The Basis of Pain Management

Introduction

The process of pain management

The biopsychosocial model of pain and pain management

The Assessment of Pain

Comprehensive pain assessment: the integration of biopsychosocial principles

Assessment of functioning and disability in pain syndromes

Assessment of pain and psychiatric comorbidities

Assessment of emotional functioning in persons with pain

Psychopharmacological, Behavioral, and Psychotherapeutic Approaches

Interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs

Pharmacological approaches to pain management

Chronic opioid therapy in pain management

Behavioral therapeutic interventions in pain management

Cognitive behavioral therapy in pain management

Non-pharmacological neuromodulatory approaches to pain management

Cognitive coping strategies in pain management

Couple and family psychotherapeutic approaches to pain management

Psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches to pain management

Integrative Approaches to the Management of Painful

Management of spinal pain

Management of musculoskeletal pain

Management of pain in arthritis

Management of neuropathic pain

Management of headache pain

Management of pain in palliative medicine

Pain-associated disability syndrome in children and adolescents

Management of pain in geriatric patients

Practice, Policy, and Research

Policy and practice issues in pain management

Diversity and disparities in pain management

Directions in pain research: contemporary questions and methods

Ethics and pain management

Future directions of the field of pain management

Index

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