Diagnostic Imaging of Pain
Diagnostic Imaging of Pain Richard F. Cody Jr Asako Miyakoshi Kenneth R. Maravilla Pain is one of the most common indications for clinical imaging examinations. Pain could be an indicator…
The Psychophysiology of Pain
The Psychophysiology of Pain C. Richard Chapman Fadel Zeidan Psychophysiology is a field of study that seeks to relate subjective awareness and behavior to physiologic events.1,2,3 As a field of…
Treatment of Pain in Patients with Addiction
Treatment of Pain in Patients with Addiction Peggy Compton Friedhelm Sandbrink Martin D. Cheatle Substance use disorder (SUD), formerly called substance abuse, dependence, or addiction, is a prevalent chronic disease…
The Doctor-Patient Relationship in Pain Management: Dealing with Difficult Clinician-Patient Interactions
The Doctor-Patient Relationship in Pain Management: Dealing with Difficult Clinician-Patient Interactions Robert N. Jamison Pain management physicians commonly have to deal with doctor-patient conflicts because of the nature of persons…
Central Pain States
Central Pain States Nanna Brix Finnerup Sharona Ben-Haim Central neuropathic pain or central pain is defined as “pain caused by a lesion or disease of the central somatosensory nervous system.”1…
Pain and Learning
Pain and Learning Robert J. Gatchel Brian R. Theodore Nancy D. Kishino One of the major contributions of the behavioral sciences to the area of medicine has been the application…
Psychiatric Illness, Depression, Anxiety, and Somatic Symptom Disorder
Psychiatric Illness, Depression, Anxiety, and Somatic Symptom Disorder Joseph Gregory Hobelmann Mark D. Sullivan Michael R. Clark Ajay D. Wasan Chronic pain and psychiatric illness commonly occur together.1 Yet the…
Measurement of Pain
Measurement of Pain Mark P. Jensen Introduction Valid and reliable pain assessment is essential for successful pain care. Adequate assessment is also necessary to determine the efficacy of pain treatments…
Phantom Pain
Phantom Pain Kelly A. Bruno Howard S. Smith Irfan Lalani Charles E. Argoff Ambrose Pare, a French military surgeon, is credited with first describing phantom limb pain (PLP) in the…
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Michael T. Massey Robert Norman Harden Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is the current taxonomy for the syndrome previously known by various names, including reflex sympathetic…
