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Managing Depression in Patients with Chronic Pain
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Managing depression and chronic pain is difficult enough when they occur separately, but when these two problems occur together – and they often do – coming up with an effective treatment strategy that relieves both the patient's physical and psychological suffering is doubly challenging.
Is the depression a by-product of the pain, or is the pain a manifestation of the depression? Will throwing antidepressants and analgesics at the problem help address both issues, or do the complex relationships between depression and pain make that simplistic approach foolhardy, or even dangerous?
Learn from recognized expert Michael Clark, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins and an expert on the treatment of patients with concurrent chronic pain and depression in this thought-provoking 40-minute presentation, which will give you important data and guidance on the clinical features and unique management issues presented by this difficult patient population.
Here's what you'll learn as you listen:
- how the cycle of pain and depression builds upon itself
- why pain and depression are so often linked
- how depression in pain patients differs from depression in the wider population
- how depression affects pain severity and surgical outcomes
- the impact of depression on healthcare utilization among chronic pain patients
- why standard "top-down" approaches to chronic pain patients with depression don't work
- the surprising misperceptions related to suicidal behavior among chronic pain patients
- long-term data on the impact of depression in chronic pain patients
- why opioid therapy is less effective in depressed patients
- why treating depression first may improve pain treatment
- gender differences in chronic pain with depression, and their impact on therapy<
- tips for assessing depression in chronic pain patients
ORDER TODAY! and begin understanding – and addressing – the unique clinical factors that make chronic pain patients with depression so difficult to treat effectively. Your purchase is RISK-FREE with our 100% guarantee of satisfaction!
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