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Suicidal Thoughts: A Potentially Deadly Side Effect
Individuals who suffer from chronic pain often present with significant medical and psychiatric comorbidities that can exacerbate the pain experience and contribute to a further erosion of quality of life and disability. Suicide is a serious side effect of chronic pain.Article
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| abuse
Substance Use Disorder: The Tools of Treatment
Dr. Cheatle reviews some medication and non-medication treatment options for addressing substance use disorder. The message to primary care: a multimodal approach works best, and treatment of the SUD without attention to management of the patient’s underlying pain is the likely route to relapse.Article
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| chronic pain
Pain, Addiction, and Suicide: Recognition and Response
I think we’ve been so focused on this opioid crisis that we have forgotten that these are very brittle people who have significant psychiatric co-morbidities, including...Article
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| abuse
Depression and Suicidal Behavior in Patients with Chronic Pain
There's a robust body of literature on the comorbidity of depression, anxiety and chronic pain. Approximately 50 percent of patients who suffer from chronic nonmalignant pain...Article
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| chronic pain
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Prevention, Assessment, Treatment
Why is complex regional pain syndrome so challenging? I think part of the debate is what really constitutes CRPS, because it's really a difficult diagnosis. You can see flagrant cases of...Article
| abuse
Substance Use Disorder: The Tools of Treatment
Dr. Cheatle reviews some medication and non-medication treatment options for...Video
| abuse
The Silent Epidemic: Pain, Addiction, and Suicide
Patients with chronic pain and substance use disorders often have accompanying psychiatric and medical disorders...Video
| abuse
Depression and Suicidal Behavior in Patients with Chronic Pain
A specialist in pain and substance abuse discusses findings from the research on...Video
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Prevention, Assessment, Treatment
Why is chronic regional pain syndrome such a frustrating and challenging patient...Video
Pain, Depression, and Suicide
A consideration of the relationship between pain, depression and suicide ideation, with...Video
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| pain management
Functional Pain Syndromes
Functional pain syndromes (irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, etc) are commonly seen in primary care...Podcast
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| chronic pain
Assessing and Managing Insomnia in Patients With Chronic Pain
Patients suffering from chronic pain commonly experience comorbid problems that can further impair quality of life. These include...Podcast
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| neuropathic pain
Managing Odd Neuropathic Pain Disorders
There are a number of common neuropathic pain syndromes, such as complex regional pain syndrome, postherpetic neuralgia, and...Podcast
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