February 18, 2021
Article
Two recent papers look at the subtle and surprising links between smoking and pain in different parts of the body.
November 20, 2020
Article
Pain may not often be considered within the realm of psychiatry; however, chronic pain's relationships with sleep disorders and PTSD make it an issue psychiatrists can—and should—address.
June 30, 2020
Article
For the millions of patients whose pain is being treated with opioids, mind-body interventions are proving to be important considerations to ease suffering.
May 13, 2020
Article
How do you determine whether pain is present and its severity as well as how it responds to treatment in patients who are cognitively impaired? Some answers to these questions.
May 13, 2020
Slideshow
How can clinicians determine the presence of pain in cognitively impaired patients? And how do you know the medication is working if your patient can’t tell you?
December 30, 2019
Article
Three studies highlight how important it is that when physicians prescribe opioids there can be significant and even potentially fatal consequences for the family members of those for whom they are being prescribed.
September 17, 2019
Article
The association between psychiatric disorders, most notably depression and anxiety, and pain is well established. However, mental health professionals, and especially psychiatrists, are still often excluded from treating patients with pain.
July 12, 2019
Article
Medical professionals don’t want to prescribe too many pain killers, which may contribute to the epidemic of opioid misuse, yet they don’t want patients to needlessly suffer.
March 27, 2019
Article
Test your knowledge on traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and their resultant effects on cognitive function and mental health.
November 21, 2018
Article
While many deaths due to opioid overdoses are accidental, there a growing body of evidence that some cases were intentional and that the presence of pain played a role in the decision to end life.