These days, opiates are primarily prescribed to treat pain. But there is a long history of using opiates to treat depression and other mental illness. Starting in the 700s, Arabian cultures used opium in mental hospitals in Baghdad, Damascus, Fez, and Cairo that also incorporated milieu therapy such as music,...
As a clinical psychologist with a specialty in chronic pain management, I am often referred patients with both chronic pain and psychiatric issues. Many of these patients see a psychiatrist and a therapist, and are taking with both psychotropic and pain medications. The referral is often made because there is...
John D. Otis, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Author, Managing Chronic Pain: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach
Dr. Otis has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Patients with both chronic pain and psychiatric issues often see a psychiatrist and a therapist, and are taking both psychotropic and pain medications. This article describes how psychologists conceptualize the treatment of chronic pain and provide some tips for how you, as a busy prescriber, can leverage some successful techniques.
Marcia Zuckerman, MDDirector of psychiatric services at Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, MADr. Zuckerman has disclosed that she has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
These days, opiates are primarily prescribed to treat pain. But there is a long history of using opiates to treat depression and other mental illness.
Michael Robert Clark, MD
Associate professor & director of the Chronic Pain Treatment Program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD
Dr. Clark discloses that he has been a paid consultant to Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc. and Depomed, Inc. Dr. Carlat has reviewed this article and has found no evidence of bias in this educational activity.
Many chronic pain patients are dealing with psychiatric problems. Pain patients have tremendously high rates of major depressive disorder which is undertreated and underdiagnosed. It's easy to assume that the depression is a reaction to living with chronic pain, but in fact it’s often the other way around. Dr. Michael Robert Clark describes evaluations and treatment methods clinicians can use to address pain management with their patients.