Key Points There is a high rate of psychiatric co-morbidity in patients with pain syndromes. Specific terminology is used to characterize pain and pain syndromes. Pain is transmitted in pathways involving the peripheral and central nervous systems. Psychiatric treatment can…
Overview Burn injuries are as ancient as fire itself. All afflicted individuals need help and many require psychiatric consultation; their psychiatric care may be as challenging as their surgical care. Depending on their experience, physicians, nurses, and trainees new to…
Overview Of all human experience, pain is, as long as it lasts, the most absorbing; it is the only human experience that when it comes to an end, automatically confers a sense of relief and joy. Moreover, by its very…
Overview Without a doubt, substance use disorders (SUDs) present one of the gravest difficulties currently facing the United States healthcare system. Over the past two decades, the number of patients treated for substance use-related problems in the United States has…
Overview Alcohol remains one of the most prevalent and clinically relevant drugs of abuse, with an estimated 75 million people worldwide meeting criteria for an alcohol use disorder (AUD) in 2004. In the United States, two-thirds of all adults consume…
Key Points Clinical Findings Stroke is defined as the acute onset of a neurological deficit that is due to a cerebrovascular cause; a stroke has occurred if symptoms persist for longer than 24 hours or if a permanent lesion is…
Key Points There is a high rate of psychiatric co-morbidity in patients with pain syndromes. Specific terminology is used to characterize pain and pain syndromes. Pain is transmitted in pathways involving the peripheral and central nervous systems. Psychiatric treatment can…