Table of Contents

Foreword/ preface

Foreword to first edition

Part 1: Basic Understanding of Pain Medicine

1 The challenge of pain: a multidimensional phenomenon

2 Epidemiology and economics of recurrent and chronic non-cancer pain

3 Basic mechanisms and pathophysiology

4 Psychosocial Aspects of Pain

5 Identification of risk and protective factors in the transition from acute to chronic post-surgical pain

6 Placebo/nocebo: a two-sided coin in the clinician’s hand

7 Knowledge transfer to patients experiencing pain and poor sleep and sleep disorder

Part 2: Assessment of Pain

8 Clinical assessment in adult patients

9 Measurement and assessment of pain in pediatric patients

10 Laboratory investigations, imaging, and neurological assessment in pain management

11 Psychological assessment of persons with chronic pain

Part 3: Management

12 Introduction to management

13 Managing chronic pain in primary care

14 Medical nutrition therapy for chronic pain management

15 Physical therapy and rehabilitation

Part 4: Pharmacotherapy

16 Antidepressant analgesics in the management of chronic pain

17 Anticonvulsants in the management of chronic pain

18 Opioids

19 Topical analgesics

20 Cannabinoids and other agents

21 Combined pharmacotherapy for chronic pain management

Part 5: Interventional

22 Diagnostic and therapeutic blocks

23 Neuromodulation therapy

24 Neurosurgical management of pain

Part 6: Psychological

25 Pain self-management: theory and process for clinicians

26 Psychological interventions: a focus on cognitive behavioral therapy

27 Pain catastrophizing and fear of movement: detection and intervention

Part 7: Complementary Therapies

28 Complementary and integrative health approaches for pain relief

Part 8: Specific Clinical States

29 Low Back Pain

30 Fibromyalgia syndrome and myofascial pain syndromes

31 Clinical pain management in the rheumatic diseases

32 Headache

33 Orofacial Pain

34 Visceral Pain

35 Pelvic and Urogenital Pain

36 Neuropathic Pain

37 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

38 Cancer Pain

39 Pain and Addiction

Part 9: Special Populations

40 Pain in older adults: a brief clinical

41 Pain in Children

42 Pain in individuals with intellectual disabilities

43 Pain and Psychiatric Illness

44 Basic principles in acute and perioperative pain in patients with opiod tolerance

Subject index

About the Author

About the Editors

Mary E. Lynch, MD, FRCPC, Founder (Pain Medicine) is a Clinician, Researcher and Entrepreneur who has dedicated her career to improving the lives of people living with chronic pain conditions. She is a Professor of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Psychiatry and Pharmacology at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia and a Founder of Pain Medicine at the Royal College Physicians and Surgeons, Canada.

Kenneth D. Craig, OC, PhD, FCAHS is a Clinician/Scientist focused upon psychosocial features of acute and chronic pain published in over 250 peer-reviewed papers, edited chapters in professional and scientific volumes, and books. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.

Philip H. Peng, MBBS, FRCPC, Founder (Pain Medicine) is a Clinical Professor in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is a leader, researcher and educator in pain medicine as well as a pioneer in the application of ultrasound for pain medicine. His innovative research led to new procedures in pain intervention. He received numerous international and national awards and was granted the Founder of Pain Medicine at the Royal College Physicians and Surgeons, Canada. He has edited 8 books and published 240 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.