Pain Assessment and the Mental Health Practitioner: A Mind-Body Approach
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Pain is the most common reason individuals visit physicians, yet medical doctors are often inadequately trained in pain assessment. Furthermore, pain is increasingly viewed as having significant affective and cognitive components necessitating a biopsychosocial approach. The role of the mental health practitioner is essential in a mind-body approach to pain assessment. In addition, issues arising in special populations, such as children and the elderly, require special attention.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004