PAIN MEDICINE
When Psychotherapy Is Indicated in the Management of Pain
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen When the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) arrived at a definition of pain that included the “emotional experience,” as well as the “unpleasant…
Mind/Body Interventions in the Management of Chronic Pain
SCIENCE Print Section Listen MECHANISMS OF MIND–BODY THERAPIES In the field of Western medicine, we still do not fully grasp how and why many pain conditions develop—why a scanner gun…
Psychosocial Assessment of Chronic Pain
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Why does one patient develop chronic pain and face disability, while another—with seemingly the same injuries, extent of tissue damage, and quality of medical care—recovers and…
Botulinum Toxins for the Treatment of Headaches
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Since the 1980s, botulinum toxins (BTXs) have been used for many putative conditions that cause pain. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved BTX…
Facial Pain
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The diagnosis and management of patients with facial pain can be daunting even to experienced physicians. The causes are myriad, ranging from the mundane (sinus and…
Common Headache Syndromes
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Headache is one of the most common pain syndromes for which patients consult physicians. Surveys indicate that in any given year, more than 90% of American…
Chronic Daily Headache
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Chronic daily headache relates to the daily or almost-daily occurrence of headache for a prolonged period of time. However, not all daily or almost-daily headaches fall…
Temporomandibular Disorders
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pain syndromes that involve the face are very common in clinical practice. Many facial pain syndromes are also unique, given the complex anatomy and specialized sensory…
Headache Therapeutics
INTRODUCTION TO HEADACHE THERAPEUTICS Print Section Listen Headache is one of the most common complaints among patients presenting to an outpatient practice. Once secondary causes of headache are excluded and…
