Pain Management Center

Pain does not happen in a vacuum; it happens in a human being with a personality, likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses, and ways of thinking. Chronic pain complicates people's lives, diminishes their emotional and physical capabilities, questions their coping strategies, and fatigues them and their family and friends. Chronic pain often adds stress that breaks down relationships with family and friends, leaving a person isolated and alone and feeling no one understands them or their pain. Depression, anger, and anxiety often result from chronic pain. A pain psychologist has studied pain and its effect on human functioning. He or she can help you with effective strategies and skills to increase your ability to cope with your pain. A pain psychologist can treat your depression and anxiety and help you to separate it from the pain so you no longer have the emotional "roller coaster" rides as your pain intensity varies. So when your physician refers you to a pain psychologist, realize how much he or she is invested in you getting holistic treatment.

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Pain Management Center News Articles

• Women Often Experience Drug Abuse and Addiction Quite Differently Than Men

  The developmental stages of drug involvement and addiction are not necessarily identical for men and women. The path to drug abuse can be more rapid and complex for women and typically includes a pattern of breakdowns in individual, familial, and environmental protective factors and an increase in childhood fears, anxieties, phobias, and failed relationships. Read Full Article »

• Club Drugs Aren't "Fun Drugs"

  By Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D.
  
  "Raves" or all-night dance parties continue to attract teens and young adults who may think Ecstasy, GHB, Rohypnol, and other club drugs are harmless. While researchers continue to study club drugs with a sense of urgency, treatment and prevention strategies are being developed. The bottom line is simple: even experimenting with club drugs is an unpredictable and dangerous thing to do. Read Full Article »

• Turning to the Use (and Abuse) of Drugs, Alcohol and/or Tobacco in Times of Stress...

  Stressful events can have a direct affect on the use of alcohol or other drugs. Stress is a major contributor to the initiation and continuation of addiction to alcohol or other drugs, as well as to relapse or a return to drug use after periods of abstinence. Read Full Article »

• Is it abuse? Is it addiction?

  Addiction is more than an uncontrollable desire for substances; it is an underlying behavior pattern with deeply emotional roots. Successful treatment requires digging down and revealing the long-ingrained pattern at the root level. What's often revealed is behavior born of anger, helplessness, and shame, compounded by intense desires for immediate escape from these unsettling feelings. Read Full Article »

• Which Came First: Marijuana Use or Depression?

  By Meghan Vivo
  
  Marijuana has adverse effects on the brain, heart, and lungs--and mounting evidence also suggests a correlation between marijuana use and depression. The question experts on all sides want answered is, which came first? Marijuana use or depression? Do depressed teens smoke pot to relieve their symptoms, or does smoking pot actually cause depression? Read Full Article »

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