Handbook of Pain Assessment, Second Edition Dennis C.

Review
"The authoritative text on the assessment of patients with chronic pain has been updated and made even more useful. Researchers and clinicians will find this book a dependable and thorough review of pain measurement, behavioral assessment, medical and psychological evaluation, and outcomes studies. No single book does a better job on these topics. This book belongs in the library of all those who provide care to or undertake research on patients with chronic pain."--John D. Loeser, MD, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington "This is a remarkably scholarly yet readable volume. The internationally known authors provide in-depth explanations of the basic issues and balanced discussions of the controversial ones. The diversity and breadth of coverage make this book superior to many much larger texts. It accomplishes the critically important task of teaching assessment of both the diseases that cause pain and the persons who suffer from pain. It will serve as a useful introductory text for medical students and graduate students in psychology, and as a source of broader knowledge for pain medicine practitioners whose strengths lie in particular disciplines."--Edward C. Covington, MD, Director, Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

"Turk and Melzack have set out to provide a comprehensive review of pain assessment, and they have clearly achieved their goal. Chapter authors are authoritative, well-regarded clinicians and researchers, and their contributions are thought-provoking and concise, with surprisingly little overlap. The book not only covers time-honored theories, questions, and concerns, but also addresses contemporary issues brought about by new discovery and technology. A'must' for pain researchers and clinicians, this volume is also well-suited for classroom use."--Daniel M. Doleys, PhD, Director, Pain and Rehabilitation Institute at Montclair, Birmingham, AL


"This book should have included the words ¿Totally Comprehensive' in the title. It includes almost every known pain assessment methodology and their specific uses, values, limitations and drawbacks....This book is an excellent reference book not only for choosing which evaluation tools to use but also for teaching the nursing staff how to ask patients about their pain on a daily basis....this book should be on the bookshelf of anyone who treats patients with chronic pain, anyone who is called upon to assess patients for pain, and anyone who has to teach others how to properly monitor pain states. I would recommend that this book be available to all students, interns, and residents in training programs as a reference when they have patients with pain."--Psychosomatics

"A comprehensive text such as this will be extremely useful both for researchers and clinicians. All kinds of pain from headaches to back pain to cancer pain are discussed and assessment in different kinds of people such as children, the elderly, persons with limited communication, and couples and families are included. Researchers might use it to find new useful measurement instruments or review the latest research on these means of assessment. Clinicians from many specialties may find the book useful for learning more about assessing and understanding the pain their patients may be experiencing. This book is recommended for all kinds of medical libraries from clinical and hospital libraries to academic research libraries."--E-Streams

"...collects valuable information that would otherwise be scattered in the literature."--Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

"...a comprehensive review of the state of the art of pain assessment....The editors are distinguished psychologists who have made major contributions to the literature on pain. Turk and Melzack have chosen an impressive roster of contributors....should be in every university and health centre library. All health professionals and students who see patients who have pain (and that is probably all of them) should have this text readily available."--Canadian Psychology

"The individual chapters are well written, thorough, and an excellent source of information. This volume will undoubtedly prove extremely useful to researchers in decision making concerning instruments to use for the assessment of pain and related variables (e.g., physical and psychological functioning, pain beliefs, and coping strategies) for particular purposes or with specific populations....also will be useful for clinicians of different specialties that wish to learn more about the assessment of patients with pain....Strengths in addition to the superb content are an attractive layout; useful tables, figures, and other illustrations; cross-references to other chapters that cover a specific topic; and author and subject indexes. All in all, this is an excellent book."--APS Bulletin (American Pain Society)


Review
"This book should have included the words ¿Totally Comprehensive' in the title. It includes almost every known pain assessment methodology and their specific uses, values, limitations and drawbacks....This book is an excellent reference book not only for choosing which evaluation tools to use but also for teaching the nursing staff how to ask patients about their pain on a daily basis....this book should be on the bookshelf of anyone who treats patients with chronic pain, anyone who is called upon to assess patients for pain, and anyone who has to teach others how to properly monitor pain states. I would recommend that this book be available to all students, interns, and residents in training programs as a reference when they have patients with pain."--Psychosomatics "A comprehensive text such as this will be extremely useful both for researchers and clinicians. All kinds of pain from headaches to back pain to cancer pain are discussed and assessment in different kinds of people such as children, the elderly, persons with limited communication, and couples and families are included. Researchers might use it to find new useful measurement instruments or review the latest research on these means of assessment. Clinicians from many specialties may find the book useful for learning more about assessing and understanding the pain their patients may be experiencing. This book is recommended for all kinds of medical libraries from clinical and hospital libraries to academic research libraries."--E-Streams "...collects valuable information that would otherwise be scattered in the literature."--Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics "...a comprehensive review of the state of the art of pain assessment....The editors are distinguished psychologists who have made major contributions to the literature on pain. Turk and Melzack have chosen an impressive roster of contributors....should be in every university and health centre library. All health professionals and students who see patients who have pain (and that is probably all of them) should have this text readily available."--Canadian Psychology "The individual chapters are well written, thorough, and an excellent source of information. This volume will undoubtedly prove extremely useful to researchers in decision making concerning instruments to use for the assessment of pain and related variables (e.g., physical and psychological functioning, pain beliefs, and coping strategies) for particular purposes or with specific populations....also will be useful for clinicians of different specialties that wish to learn more about the assessment of patients with pain....Strengths in addition to the superb content are an attractive layout; useful tables, figures, and other illustrations; cross-references to other chapters that cover a specific topic; and author and subject indexes. All in all, this is an excellent book."--APS Bulletin (American Pain Society)

Product Description
Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this classic text provides comprehensive coverage of the most advanced methods for assessing the person in pain. The volume addresses the full range of issues--physical pathology, psychosocial factors, and behavioral variables--that influence patients' perception and reporting of pain, as well as their responsiveness to treatment. Leading authorities describe the available instruments and best procedures, review their limitations and advantages, and provide practical information and guidelines for assessing prevalent pain syndromes. The volume has been updated throughout to reflect the latest research findings, conceptual developments, innovative methods, and directions for future investigation. The second edition has been substantially expanded, featuring new chapters on assessment of physical functioning, family assessment, presurgical psychological screening, assessment of psychiatric disorders, diagnostic imaging, diagnostic injections, and issues related to conducting outcomes research and clinical trials. Additionally, coverage of specific syndromes has been augmented, with new chapters on neuropathic pain, complex regional pain, and chronic pelvic pain.


Book Info
Univ. of Washington, Seattle. Six sections cover pain assessment, behavioral expressions of pain, diagnostic methods, psychiatric disorders in people with chronic pain, features of diagnosing and assessing patients with acute pain, and important topics transcending the topic of assessment. Previous edition: c1992.` DNLM: Pain--diagnosis.

About the Author
Dennis C. Turk, PhD, is the John and Emma Bonica Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Research at the University of Washington. He was the recipient of the American Psychological Association, Division of Health Psychology, Outstanding Scientific Contribution Award and the American Association of Pain Management's Janet Travell Award. He has over 300 publications and has written and edited 13 volumes. Dr. Turk is currently editor-in-chief of [i]The Clinical Journal of Pain[/i].

Ronald Melzack, PhD, studied psychology at McGill University. After receiving his PhD in 1954, he spent 5 years carrying out physiological research at the University of Oregon Medical School; University College London, England; and the University of Pisa, Italy. Currently he is back at McGill University as a Professor in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Melzack developed the McGill Pain Questionnaire, which is now the most widely used measurement tool for research on pain in human subjects. In addition to more than 200 papers on research and theory, he has written and edited five books.

Drs. Turk and Melzack were recently identified among the top 10 leaders in the field of pain for their contributions to research and treatment development (survey of International Association for the Study of Pain membership, published in [i]The Pain Clinic[/i], 2001).



Excerpted from Handbook of Pain Assessment, Second Edition by Dennis C. Turk, Ronald Melzack. Copyright © 2001. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Contents Introduction 1. The Measurement of Pain and the Assessment of People Experiencing Pain, Dennis C. Turk and Ronald Melzack I. Measurement of Pain 2. Self-Report Scales and Procedures for Assessing Pain in Adults, Mark P. Jensen and Paul Karoly 3. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: Appraisal and Current Status, Ronald Melzack and Joel Katz 4. Psychophysical Approaches to Measurement of the Dimensions and Stages of Pain, Donald D. Price, Joseph L. Riley, III, and James B. Wade 5. Psychophysiological Assessment of the Patient with Chronic Pain, Herta Flor 6. Pain Assessment in Children and Adolescents, Patricia A. McGrath and Joanne Gillespie 7. Assessment of Pain in Elderly People, Lucia Gagliese 8. Pain Assessment in Persons with Limited Ability to Communicate, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Carl von Baeyer, and Kenneth D. Craig II. Assessment of the Behavioral Expression of Pain 9. The Facial Expression of Pain, Kenneth D. Craig, Kenneth M. Prkachin, and Ruth Eckstein Grunau 10. Assessment of Pain Behaviors, Francis J. Keefe, David A. Williams, and Suzanne J. Smith III. Medical and Physical Evaluation of Patients with Pain 11. Quantification of Function in Chronic Low Back Pain, Peter B. Polatin and Tom G. Mayer 12. Physical and Occupational Therapy Assessment Approaches, Michelle Crites Battie and Laura May 13. Diagnostic Injection, Quinn Hogan 14. Disability Evaluation in Painful Conditions, James P. Robinson IV. Psychological Evaluation of Patients with Pain 15. Assessment of Psychiatric Disorders, Mark D. Sullivan 16. Assessment of Psychological Status Using Interviews and Self-Report Instruments, Laurence A. Bradley and Nancy L. McKendree-Smith 17. Assessment of Pain Beliefs and Pain Coping, Douglas E. DeGood and Raymond C. Tait 18. Assessment of Couples and Families with Chronic Pain, Joan M. Romano and Karen B. Schmaling 19. Assessment of Psychosocial Context of the Experience of Chronic Pain, Mary Casey Jacob and Robert D. Kerns 20. Presurgical Psychological Screening, Michael E. Robinson and Joseph L. Riley, III 21. Matching Treatment to Assessment of Patients with Chronic Pain, Dennis C. Turk and Akiko Okifuji V. Specific Pain States and Syndromes 22. Assessment of Acute Pain, Pain Relief, and Pain Satisfaction, Jennifer Haythornthwaite and James A. Fauerbach 23. Clinical Assessment of Low Back Pain, Gordon Waddell and Dennis C. Turk 24. Assessment of Patients with Headache, Frank Andrasik 25. Assessment of Orofacial Pain, Samuel F. Dworkin and Richard Ohrbach 26. The Diagnosis of Myofascial Pain Syndromes, Robert D. Gerwin 27. Assessment of Neuropathic Pain, Robert H. Dworkin, Elna M. Nagasako, and Bradley S. Galer 28. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Stephen Bruehl, Herbert G. Steger, and R. Norman Harden 29. Chronic Pelvic Pain, Ursula Wesselmann 30. How to Assess Cancer Pain, Karen O. Anderson, Karen L. Syrjala, and Charles S. Cleeland VI. Methodological Issues 31. Epidemiological and Survey Methods: Assessment of Chronic Pain, Michael Von Korff 32. Relying on Objective and Subjective Measures of Chronic Pain: Guidelines for Use and Interpretation, Samuel F. Dworkin and Jeffrey J. Sherman 33. Assessment of Treatment Outcomes in Clinical Practice: A Survival Guide, Akiko Okifuji and Dennis C. Turk 34. Assessment of Pain and Pain-Related Quality of Life in Clinical Trials, Robert H. Dworkin, Elna M. Nagasako, Roderick D. Hetzel, and John T. Farrar 35. The Future of Imaging in Assessment of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, Anthony Jones 36. Trends and Future Directions in Human Pain Assessment, Dennis C. Turk and Ronald Melzack