Psychosocial Aspects of Pain: a Handbook for Health Care Providers

Abstract

Pain basic mechanisms and conscious experience -- The influence of family and culture on pain -- Biopsychosocial models of pain -- Evaluating acute pain -- Assessing chronic pain and its impact -- The role of psychological testing and diagnosis in patients with pain -- Mood and anxiety disorders in chronic pain -- Somatoform disorders and pain complaints -- Screening pain patients for invasive procedures: a review of the evidence and recommendations for clinical practice -- What are the goals of pain treatment? -- Principles of psychopharmacology in pain treatment -- The essence of cognitive-behavioral pain management -- The essence of biofeedback, relaxation, and hypnosis -- Fibromyalgia: a patient-oriented perspective -- Complex regional pain syndrome -- Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic pelvic pain -- Recurrent headache disorders -- Temporomandibular disorders -- Psychological and psychiatric dimensions of palliative care -- Identifying and treating patients with drug abuse problems -- Psychosocial and psychiatric aspects of pain in children -- Psychosoical aspects of pain in older people -- The influence of coping styles and personality traits on pain -- Compensation claims for chronic pain: effects on evaluation and treatment -- What impact does childhood experience have on the development of chronic pain? -- Risk factors for chronic pain in patients with acute pain and their implications for prevention -- Sex differences in pain perceptions, responses to treatment, and clinical management -- Placebo analgesia.