Practical Treatment Options for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents An Interdisciplinary Therapy Manual /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dobe, Michael (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Zernikow, Boris (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Pain medicine.; Pediatrics.; Psychiatry.; Anesthesiology.; Pain Medicine.

Pain is an increasingly common symptom in children and adolescents. Once recurrent pain leads to pain-related disability that affects a child's functional, emotional and social well-being, it is considered a chronic pain disorder. Such disorders can develop as the primary condition or be due to...

Table of Contents:

• PART I - The Basis of Paediatric Pain Treatment: Epidemiology of Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents
• Pain Disorder: A Bio-psycho-social Disease
• Diagnostics of Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents
• The Basics of Treating Pain Disorders
• PART II - The In-Patient Paediatric Pain Treatment Program:
• Howto Decide on In- or Outpatient Pain Therapy
• Organisation and Procedure of Inpatient Admission
• Structure and Organisation of Inpatient Pain Therapy
• Inpatient Pain Therapy: Module 1
• Inpatient Pain Therapy: Module 2
• Inpatient Pain Therapy: Module 3
• Inpatient Pain Therapy: Module 4 (Integrating the Family System)
• Inpatient Pain Therapy: Module 5 (Pharmacological Treatment, Physical Therapy and Other Optional Interventions)
• Inpatient Pain Therapy: Module 6 (Planning the Time After Discharge)
• PART III - Additional Considerations: Specifics of Pain Therapy in Children with Mental Health Disorders, Severe Somatic Diseases, or Psychosocial Stress Factors
• Practical Tools and Working Sheets
• Is It All Worthwhile? - Effectiveness of Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment.