List of contributors.

Foreword (Ronald Melzack).

Part 1 Basic Understanding of Pain Medicine.

1 The challenge of pain: a multidimensional phenomenon (Mary Lynch, Kenneth D. Craig & Philip W.H. Peng).

2 Epidemiology and economics of chronic and recurrent pain (Dennis C. Turk & Brian R. Theodore).

3 Basic mechanisms and pathophysiology (Daniel J. Cavanaugh & Allan I. Basbaum).

4 Psychosocial perspectives on chronic pain (Kenneth D. Craig & Judith Versloot).

5 Identifi cation of risk and protective factors in the transition from acute to chronic post surgical pain (Joel Katz & M. Gabrielle Pagé).

6 Placebo/nocebo: a two-sided coin in the clinician's hand (Antonella Pollo & Fabrizio Benedetti).

Part 2 Assessment of Pain.

7 Clinical assessment in adult patients (Christine Short & Mary Lynch).

8 Measurement and assessment of pain in pediatric patients (Jennifer N. Stinson & Patrick J. McGrath).

9 Laboratory investigations, imaging and neurological assessment in pain management (Pam Squire, David Walk, Gordon Irving & Misha Backonja).

10 Psychological assessment of persons with chronic pain (Robert N. Jamison & Kenneth D. Craig).

Part 3 Management.

11 Introduction to management (Mary Lynch).

12 Managing chronic pain in primary care (Blair H. Smith, Alexander J. Clark & Beverly Collett).

Part 4 Pharmacotherapy.

13 Nutrition and pain management: dietary soy as an analgesic modality (Alexis Codrington, Stéphanie Chevalier & Yoram Shir).

14 Antidepressant analgesics in the management of chronic pain (C. Peter N. Watson).

15 Anticonvulsants in the management of chronic pain (Nanna Brix Finnerup, Cathrine Baastrup & Troels Staehelin Jensen).

16 Opioids (Dawn A. Sparks & Gilbert J. Fanciullo).

17 Topical analgesics (Jana Sawynok).

18 Other pharmacological agents (Philip W.H. Peng & Mary Lynch).

Part 5 Interventional.

19 Diagnostic and therapeutic blocks (Boris Spektor, Padma Gulur & James P. Rathmell).

20 Neuromodulation therapy (Krishna Kumar & Sharon Bishop).

21 Neurosurgical management of pain (Diaa Bahgat, Ashwin Viswanathan & Kim J. Burchiel).

Part 6 Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation.

22 Physical therapy and rehabilitation (Maureen J. Simmonds & Timothy Wideman).

Part 7 Psychological.

23 Pain self-management: theory and process for clinicians (Michael McGillion, Sandra M. LeFort, Karen Webber & Jennifer N. Stinson).

24 Psychological interventions: cognitive behavioral and stress management approaches (Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos, Amanda C. de C. Williams & Kenneth D. Craig).

25 Pain catastrophizing and fear of movement: detection and intervention (Michael J.L. Sullivan & Timothy H. Wideman).

Part 8 Complementary Therapies.

26 Complementary and alternative medicines (Mark A. Ware).

Part 9 Specifi c Clinical States.

27 Chronic low back pain (Eugene J. Carragee & Don Young Park).

28 Fibromyalgia syndrome and myofascial pain syndromes (Winfried Häuser, Marcus Schiltenwolf & Peter Henningsen).

29 Clinical pain management in the rheumatic diseases (Mary-Ann Fitzcharles).

30 Headache (Stephen D. Silberstein).

31 Orofacial pain (Barry J. Sessle, Lene Baad-Hansen & Peter Svensson).

32 Visceral pain (Klaus Bielefeldt & Gerald F. Gebhart).

33 Pelvic and urogenital pain (Anjali Martinez & Fred M. Howard).

34 Neuropathic pain (Maija Haanpää & Rolf-Detlef Treede).

35 Complex regional pain syndrome (Michael Stanton-Hicks).

36 Cancer pain management (David Hui & Eduardo Bruera).

Part 10 Special Populations.

37 Pain in older persons: a brief clinical guide (Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Stephen Gibson & Perry G. Fine).

38 Pain in children (Tonya M. Palermo, Jeffrey L. Koh & Lonnie K. Zeltzer).

39 Pain in individuals with intellectual disabilities (Tim F. Oberlander, Chantel C. Burkitt & Frank J. Symons).

40 Pain and addiction (Roman D. Jovey).

41 Pain and psychiatric illness (Harold Merskey).

Subject index.