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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dobe, Michael. (Editor), Zernikow, Boris. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Pain Medicine.; Pediatrics.; Psychiatry.; Medicine & Public Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37816-4

Pain is an increasingly common symptom in children and adolescents. Once a chronic pain condition affects different aspects of a childs life, it is considered a pain disorder, irrespective of the underlying physical condition. Nearly 5% of the paediatric population now suffer from severe chronic pa...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Epidemiology of pain disorders in children and adolescents
• Pain Disorder - A biopsychosocial disease: Biological Factors
• Psychological factors
• Diagnostics of pain disorders in children and adolescents
• Principles of treatment of pain disorders in children and adolescents
• When should an inpatient pain management be considered?
• Treatment of pain disorders in childhood and adolescence
• Special features of pain therapy in children with comorbid psychiatric or organic disorders and psychosocial stressors
• Can pain disorders be treated effectively in children?.