PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF PAIN
A handbook for Health Care Providers
(Progress in Pain Research and Management, vol 27)
Robert H. Dworkin and William S. Breitbart (Eds)
This is a comprehensive resource for health care professionals, detailing the psychological, psychiatric and social aspects of pain.
In contrast to other volumes on this topic that are written for specialists in mental health, this book is directed at all the clinicians involved in the management of pain.
The opening chapters discuss the biopsychosocial models of pain. The second section deals with evaluating both acute and chronic pain. In the chapters on evaluating and treating
pain, the emphasis on the patients’ perspective is welcome. Part four is about complex disorders including complex regional pain syndrome and there is a chapter on the psychological and psychiatric
dimensions of palliative care. The management of pain in children, the elderly, and patients with drug abuse problems are dealt with in the next section. The last section of the book deals with
the influence of coping styles, personality traits and sex differences in the causation and management of pain.
The editors and IASP are to be congratulated for the production of this book. It is a well-referenced, indexed, and comprehensive review of the non-physical aspects of pain management.
These include complex and difficult issues that confront health care professionals on a daily basis, and this volume certainly has a place on the library shelf of any pain or palliative care
service.
Roger Woodruff
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
(April 2004)
Author Information
Dr. Robert Dworkin is from the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
Dr. William Breitbart is from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, New York. USA.
Table of Contents
Part I: Conceptualizing Pain
1. Pain: Basic Mechanisms and Conscious Experience.
Chapman and Okifuji
2.The Influence of Family and Culture on Pain.
Otis, Cardella, and Kerns
3. Biopsychosocial Models of Pain.
Flor and Hermann
Part II: Evaluating Pain Patients
4. Evaluating Acute Pain.
Williams
5. Assessing Chronic Pain and Its Impact.
Williams
6. The Role of Psychological Testing and Diagnosis in Patients with Pain.
Jamison
7. Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Chronic Pain.
Gallagher and Verma
8. Somatoform Disorders and Pain Complaints.
Holder-Perkins and Wise
9. Screening Pain Patients for Invasive Procedures: A Review of the Evidence and Recommendations for Clinical Practice.
Gatchel, Maddrey, and Robinson
Part III: Treating Pain Patients
10. What Are the Goals of Pain Treatment?
Sullivan
11. Principles of Psychopharmacology in Pain Treatment.
Atkinson, Meyer, and Slater
12. The Essence of Cognitive-Behavioral Pain Management.
Waters, Campbell, Keefe, and Carson
13. The Essence of Biofeedback, Relaxation, and Hypnosis.
Andrasik
Part IV: Complex Disorders
14. Fibromyalgia: A Patient-Oriented Perspective.
Turk
15. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
Bruehl and Chung
16. Irritable Bowel Syndrome,and Chronic Pelvic Pain.
Heinberg, Edwards, and Haythornthwaite
17. Recurrent Headache Disorders.
Holroyd
18. Temporomandibular Disorders.
Ohrbach and Sherman
19. Psychological and Psychiatric Dimensions of Palliative Care.
Breitbart and Payne
Part V: Specific Populations
20. Identifying and Treating Patients with Drug Abuse Problems.
Passik and Kirsh
21. Psychosocial and Psychiatric Aspects of Pain in Children.
McGrath
22. Psychosocial Aspects of Pain in Older People.
Farrell and Gibson
Part VI: Special Issues
23. The Influence of Coping Styles and Personality Traits on Pain.
Geisser
24. Compensation Claims for Chronic Pain: Effects on Evaluation and Treatment.
Tait
25. What Impact Does Childhood Experience Have on the Development of Chronic Pain?
Morley
26. Risk Factors for Chronic Pain in Patients with Acute Pain and Their Implications for Prevention.
Poleshuck and Dworkin
27. Sex Differences in Pain Perceptions, Responses to Treatment, and Clinical Management.
Miaskowski and Levine
28. Placebo Analgesia.
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