Pain and Disability:

Clinical, Behavioral, and Public Policy Perspectives

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Size: 320 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1987

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Committee on Pain, Disability, and Chronic Illness Behavior
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Pain--it is the most common complaint presented to physicians. Yet pain is subjective--it cannot be measured directly and is difficult to validate. Evaluating claims based on pain poses major problems for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and other disability insurers. ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Summary	1-11	(skim)
1. Introduction	12-18	(skim)
2. The Sociopolitical Background of the Pain Issue	19-36	(skim)
3. Disability Determination and the Role of Pain	37-65	(skim)
4. Conflicts and Contradictions in the Disability Program	66-84	(skim)
5. Economic Issues and the Cost of Disability	85-100	(skim)
6. The Epidemiology of Chronic Pain and Work Disability	101-120	(skim)
7. The Anatomy and Physiology of Pain	121-145	(skim)
8. Illness Behavior and the Experience of Pain	146-164	(skim)
9. Psychiatric Aspects of Chronic Pain	165-186	(skim)
10. Chronic Pain in Medical Practice	187-210	(skim)
11. Measuring Pain and Dysfunction	211-231	(skim)
12. Rehabilitation Approaches and Issues in Chronic Pain	232-260	(skim)
13. Conclusions and Recommendations	261-284	(skim)
Appendix: Myofascial Pain Syndromes Due to Trigger Points	285-292	(skim)
Index	293-306	(skim)

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Pain--it is the most common complaint presented to physicians. Yet pain is subjective--it cannot be measured directly and is difficult to validate. Evaluating claims based on pain poses major problems for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and other disability insurers. This volume covers the epidemiology and physiology of pain; psychosocial contributions to pain and illness behavior; promising ways of assessing and measuring chronic pain and dysfunction; clinical aspects of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation; and how the SSA's benefit structure and administrative procedures may affect pain complaints.

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