This definitive clinical reference comprehensively reviews the most advanced methods for assessing the person in pain. The field's leading authorities present essential information and tools for evaluating psychosocial, behavioral, situational, and medical factors in patients' subjective experience, functional impairment, and response to treatment. Empirically supported instruments and procedures are detailed, including self-report measures, observational techniques, psychophysiological measures, and more. Best-practice recommendations are provided for assessing the most prevalent pain syndromes and for working with children, the elderly, and people with communication difficulties. The book also weighs in on the limitations of existing methods and identifies key directions for future research. New to This Edition * Tighter organization with more concise chapters and a heightened focus on practical clinical issues. * Incorporates significant advances in knowledge about pain and pain syndromes. * Numerous new or refined assessment instruments and procedures, including applications of advanced imaging techniques. * Chapter providing an integrated, comprehensive assessment approach for any type of chronic pain. Contents Introduction 1. The Measurement of Pain and the Assessment of People Experiencing Pain, Dennis Turk & Ronald Melzack I. Measurement of Pain and Assessment of People with Pain—Self-Report 2. Self-report Scales and Procedures for Assessing Pain in Adults, Mark Jensen & Paul Karoly 3. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: Development, Psychometric Properties, and Usefulness of the Long-Form, Short-Form, and Short-Form-2, Joel Katz & Ronald Melzack 4. Psychosocial Assessment: Comprehensive Measures and Measures Specific to Pain Beliefs and Coping, Douglas DeGood & Andrew Cook 5. Assessment of Couples and Families with Chronic Pain, Joan Romano, Annmarie Cano, & Karen Schmaling II. Measures of Pain Not Dependent on self-report 6. The Facial Expression of Pain, Kenneth Craig, Kenneth Prkachin, RuthGrunau 7. Assessment of Pain Behavior, Francis Keefe, Tamara Somers, David Williams, Suzanne Smith 8. Psychophysiological Assessment of the Chronic Pain Patient, Herta Flor & Patrick Meyer 9. Quantification of Function in Chronic Low Back Pain, Peter Polatin, Whitney Worzer, Emily Brede, & Robert Gatchel 10. Comprehensive Assessment of Patients with Chronic Pain, Dennis Turk & James Robinson III. Assessment of Special Populations with Pain 11. Pain Assessment: Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Danielle Ruskin, Khush Amaria, Fay Warnock, & Patricia McGrath 12. Assessment of Pain in the Older Person, Lynn Gauthier & Lucia Gagliese 13. Pain Assessment in Adults and Children with Limited Ability to Communicate, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Lynn Breau, & Kenneth D. Craig IV. Assessment of Patients with Specific Conditions and Syndromes 14. Assessment of Acute Pain, Pain Relief, and Patient Satisfaction, Shawn Mason, James Fauerbach, & Jennifer Haythornthwaite 15. Clinical Assessment of Low Back Pain, Paul Watson 16. Fibromyalgia, Myofacial Pain, and Whiplash, James Robinson & Dennis Turk 17. Neuropathic Pain, Ian Gilron, Nadine Attal, Didier Bouhassira, & Robert Dworkin 18. Assessment of Patients with Headaches, Frank Andrasik, Dawn Buse, & Alyssa Lettich 19. Assessment of Patients with Cancer-Related Pain, Karen Anderson V. Special Issues and Applications 20. Assessment of Psychiatric Disorders, Mark Sullivan & Jennifer Brennan 21. Disability Evaluation in Painful Conditions, James Robinson 22. The Importance of Biopsychosocial Screening Before Surgical Intervention or Opioid Therapy for Patients with Chronic Pain, Robert Gatchel 23. Chronic Pain Assessment in Epidemiologic and Health Services Research: Empirical Bases and New Directions, Michael Von Korff 24. Assessment of Pain and Health-related Quality of Life in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials, Alec O’Connor & Robert Dworkin 25. Trends and Future Directions, Dennis Turk Edited by Dennis C. Turk, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, and Ronald Melzack, PhD, Department of Psychology, McGill University --- from the publisher
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