Motivating Chronic Pain Patients for Behavioral Change Akiko Okifuji Emily Hagn Christina Elise Bokat Dennis C. Turk Motivation is a primary determinant of human behavior, influencing its initiation, direction, intensity,…
Complementary and Integrative Health Charles A. Simpson This chapter looks at therapies that historically have been classified as being “unorthodox,” “complementary,” or “alternative” to conventional medical interventions for pain. A…
Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Andrew J. Saxon James P. Robinson Mark D. Sullivan This chapter on assessment and treatment of substance use disorders provides guidance, particularly for…
Group Therapy for Chronic Pain Melissa A. Day Beverly E. Thorn Group therapy continues to be an appealing and common method of chronic pain treatment delivery both in clinical and…
Skeletal Muscle Relaxants and Analgesic Balms Ausim Chaghtai Charles E. Argoff Skeletal Muscle Relaxants The class of medications termed skeletal muscle relaxants is ill defined leading to much confusion for…
Surgery for Low Back Pain Youssef Ghabrial Nikolai Bogduk Fusion of the lumbar spine was initially developed to treat tuberculosis of the spine and to stabilize spinal deformities.1,2,3 Later, it…
Pain and Anxiety and Depression Lin Yu Lance M. McCracken The experience of chronic pain is upsetting, frightening, discouraging, and demoralizing and creates significant suffering for those who experience it….
Abdominal, Peritoneal, and Retroperitoneal Pain David Justin Levinthal Klaus Bielefeldt Abdominal pain is one of the leading causes for patients to seek consultation with a physician (Fig. 63.1). Determining the…
