Geriatric Patients
Geriatric Patients Calvin H. Hirsch, MD Samir J. Sheth, MD FAST FACTS Chronic pain in the elderly is very common and exacerbated by age-related physiologic changes. Geriatric pain assessment taking…
Health Disparities in Pain Management
Health Disparities in Pain Management Efrain Talamantes, MD, MBA, MS FAST FACTS African Americans are subject to racial health disparities, but there is increasing evidence that Asian and Hispanic populations…
Rational Analgesic Polypharmacotherapy: A Novel Treatment Approach in Pain Management
Rational Analgesic Polypharmacotherapy: A Novel Treatment Approach in Pain Management Joseph Solberg, DO Hunter Vincent, DO FAST FACTS 1. Rational analgesic polypharmacotherapy (RAPP) is a novel multidimensional approach to combination…
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing Shelly Henderson, PhD Amir Ramezani, PhD FAST FACTS Motivational interviewing (MI) is more than the use of a set of techniques or strategies. It is characterized by a…
Targeted Pain Interview
Targeted Pain Interview Charles De Mesa, DO, MPH Dustin Ward, MD INTRODUCTION Communication is key in the interview process. Listen and pause to gain a sense of the context of…
Pain Anatomy and Physiology
Pain Anatomy and Physiology Damoon Rejaei, MD Samir J. Sheth, MD FAST FACTS Pain transmission and sensation is a complex phenomenon composed of multiple components including nociceptor activation, ascending spinal…
Essential Tools of Primary Care Pain Medicine
Essential Tools of Primary Care Pain Medicine Catherine Platt, MD Samir J. Sheth, MD Ian J. Koebner, PhD, MSc, MAOM Anthony DiGirolamo, DO Charles De Mesa, DO, MPH INTRODUCTION Pain…
Enhancing Your Own Care
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In this chapter, we consider 3 issues that can improve your conduct of mental health care: working as a team, referral, and personal awareness. The first…
Personality Disorders
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Personality is a complex concept—and an important one: it reflects human beings’ basic psychological infrastructure.1,2 This means that it plays a critical role in determining how…
Psychotic Disorders
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen We consider psychotic disorders to reside primarily in the domain of psychiatry. But primary care and other medical physicians almost always see these patients at some…
