Coping with Pain
Author: Ronald J. Comer
Princeton University
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Significant pain can be produced by medical problems of various kinds. Coping effectively with pain has become a major treatment focus. In fact, according to DSM-5, certain persons whose pain problems bring them excessive and disproportionate psychological upset and dysfunction may qualify for a diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder. This video focuses on the experience of pain and on the development of acute pain and treatment methods. It shows research at the Pain Management Center of UCSF into the psychological and physical effects of undertreating acute pain. Comprehensive treatment of pain is also discussed.
1. According to the video, today’s hospitals and other medical facilities are required to do each of the following, except:
2. According to research cited in the video, each of the following is true, except:
3. According to the video, patients with significant chronic pain complain most about ______________.
4. Each of the following interventions is applied to pain, except:
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