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Learning Objectives, Pain Management, TCPR, September 2016

September 1, 2016

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Managing Pain: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapist’s Approach

September 1, 2016

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.

Tales from the History of Psychiatry: Opium, an Ancient Psychotropic

September 1, 2016

Marcia Zuckerman, MD

Marcia Zuckerman, MD Director of psychiatric services at Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, MA Dr. 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.

Evaluating and Treating Pain in Psychiatric Patients

September 1, 2016

Michael Robert Clark, MD

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.

Treating Complicated Grief: Grief-Focused Psychotherapy Is More Effective Than Citalopram

September 1, 2016

Bret A. Moore, Psy.D, ABPP

Bret A. Moore, Psy.D, ABPP Board-Certified Clinical Psychologist, San Antonio, TX Dr. Moore has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

While there is some overlap with major depression, complicated grief has core symptoms of yearning and sorrow and great difficulty accepting the reality of death. It’s one of the more controversial proposed DSM disorders, with critics seeing it as medicalizing a normal human experience.