Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions for Chronic Pain An Evidence-Based Guide Clinical Topics in Psychology and Psychiatry Series

Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions for Chronic Pain provides a cutting-edge and comprehensive review of interventions for chronic pain grounded in biopsychosocial frameworks.

Each chapter gives readers the opportunity to solidify their knowledge of major approaches to chronic pain in an accessible format. Reflecting national efforts to reduce prescriptions for pain medications and increase access to interdisciplinary treatment approaches, the book also considers a wide range of person-level variables such as age, cultural factors, and comorbid mental health conditions.

In this book, mental health and allied health professionals will find the tools they need to understand the real-world delivery of chronic pain treatments in a wide variety of settings.

1. Introduction 2: Assessment of Chronic Pain Patients 3. Historical Context: Psychological Mislabeling and the Emergence of the Biopsychosocial Model 4. Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Chronic Pain 5. Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Pain 6. Group Interventions for Chronic Pain 7. Brief Treatment Approaches for Addressing Chronic Pain in Primary Care Settings 8. Pharmacological Treatment Approaches: Strengths, Risks, and the Role for Interdisciplinary Care 9. Chronic Back Pain 10. Cancer-Related Pain 11. Chronic GI Disorders 12. Fibromyalgia and Related Conditions 13. Chronic Headache Pain 14. Rheumatoid Arthritic Pain 15. Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes 16. Orofacial Pain 17. Treating Chronic Pain in Personality-Disordered Patients 18. Co-Occurring Depression, Anxiety and Chronic Pain 19. Co-Occurring PTSD and Chronic Pain 20. Psychological Treatment of Chronic Pain in Pediatric Populations 21. Psychiatric Treatment Approaches for Pediatric Pain 22. Psychological and Psychiatric Treatment of Chronic Pain in Geriatric Populations 23. Pain and Culture: Differences in Experience and Treatment, Challenges of Measurement and Some Recommendations

Andrea Kohn Maikovich-Fong, PhD, ABPP, is a board-certified clinical health psychologist with significant experience working with chronic pain populations.