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Springer Treating Comorbid Opioid Use Disorder in Chronic Pain 1st Editon 2016 Softbound by Annette M. Matthews, Jonathan C. Fellers
This in-depth text addresseshow to approach and treat the chronic pain patient struggling with problematicopioid use. It discusses the approach for patients who may be at highrisk of problematic use, such as those with a history of mental illness orsubstance use disorder. The first part covers diagnosis and treatment, focusingon common best practices that practitioners can adapt to any practice. Two ofthe chapters detail alternative and replacement therapies for opioid. Two morecover special issues in the treatment of women and older patients. Thesecond part reviews the ethical, legal, regulatory, and policy issuessurrounding the treatment of patients with comorbid pain and addiction. Thebook includes strategies for documentation that mitigate the risk of legalissues or ethical boundary crossings. The last part of the book addressestreating comorbid pain and opioid use disorder in different medical settings and thetreatment of co-occurring mental illnesses and substance abuse. Treating Comorbid Opioid Use Disorder in ChronicPain is of great value to psychiatrists, painphysicians, primary care providers, social workers, drug rehabilitationcenters, and other behavioral health professionals. 1. Introduction.- Part I. Diagnosis and Treatment.- 2. Epidemiology of Pain and Opiate Addiction.- 3. Theories of Pain and Addiction: Type of Pain, Pathways to Opiate Addiction.- 4. Types of Problematic Opiate Use and How to Detect Them.- 5. Pharmacology of Pain Treatment: Opiates and Other Allopathic Treatments.- 6. Alternative Treatments.- 7. Evaluation the Bio-Psycho-Social Milieu of Pain.- 8. Clinical Measurement of Pain, Opiate Addiction and Functional Status.- 9. Methadone and Buprenorphine: The place of Opiate Replacement Therapies.- 10. Procedures, Devices, Ablations, Surgeries.- 11. Special Issues in the Treatment of Women.- 12. Special Issues in the Treatment of Older Patients.- 13. Recovery: What does it look like?.- Part II. Ethical, Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Issues.- 14. History of Opiate Prescribing and Opiate Related Drug Laws.- 15. Developing Facility Responses: Opiate Treatment Improvement Committee.- 16. Diversion and Abuse: pain contracts, urine drug screens, pill counts, visit frequency.- 17. Prescription monitoring programs.- 18. Documentation of Treatment, Treatment Plan, and Informed Consent.- 19. Emotional vs. Science Driven Treatment: The case of chronic low back pain.- 20. Federal involvement in pain management policy: SAMHSA, CDC, DEA, ONDC, NIDA, US FDA Part III. Best Practices and Practice Models.- 21. Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics.- 22. The Role of the Emergency Room in Chronic Pain Treatment.- 23. Assessing and Treating Co-Occurring Mental Illness.- 24. Assessing and Treating Other Co-Occurring Substance Abuse.- Appendix I. Resources.