Timothy S. Deer, MDEditor-in-ChiefPresident and CEOThe Center for Pain ReliefCharleston, WV USAClinical Professor of AnesthesiologyWest Virginia University School of MedicineCharleston, WV USA  Michael S. Leong, MD Associate Editor-in-ChiefClinic ChiefStanford Pain Management CenterRedwood City, CA USAClinical Assistant ProfessorDepartment of AnesthesiologyStanford University School of MedicineStanford, CA USA Albert L. Ray, MD Associate Editor, Integrative ApproachesMedical DirectorThe LITE CenterSouth Miami, FL USAClinical Associate ProfessorUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiami, FL USA

• 1. Pain as a Perceptual Experience.- 2. Neuroplasticity, Sensitization, and Pain.- 3. Muscle Pain Treatment.- 4. Addictive Disorders and Pain.- 5. The “Five-Minute” Mental Status Examination of Persons with Pain.- 6. The Psychological Assessment of Patients with Chronic Pain.- 7. Psychological Therapies.- 8. Billing Psychological Services for Patients with Chronic Pain.- 9. Hypnosis and Pain Control.- 10. Acupuncture.- 11. Manual Therapies.- 12. Treatment of Chronic Painful Musculoskeletal Injuries and Diseases with Regenerative Injection Therapy (RIT): Regenerative Injection Therapy Principles and Practice.- 13. Interdisciplinary Functional Restoration and Pain Programs.- 14. Pain and Spirituality.- 15. Pain Disparity: Assessment and Traditional Medicine.- 16. Sleep and Chronic Pain.- 17. Empowerment: A Pain Caregiver’s Perspective.- 18. Patient and Caregiver’s Perspective.- 19. Pain Medicine in Older Adults: How Should It Differ?.- 20. Pain Medicine and Primary Care: The Evolutionof a Population-Based Approach to Chronic Pain as a Public Health Problem.- 21. Pain Care Beyond the Medical Practice Office: Utilizing Patient Advocacy, Education, and Support Organizations.- 22. Neonatal Pain.- 23. Assessing Disability in the Pain Patient.- 24. The Double Effect: In Theory and in Practice.- 25. Failure to Treat Pain.

"The book approaches chronic pain from many different clinical perspectives. It offers unique and diverse topics related to pain management intertwining a theme of understanding the psychological aspects of chronic pain. ... this is a reference that will enhance the clinical knowledge of ALL psychologists at various training and career levels, as well as other professionals to treat patients with chronic pain and lower the cost chronic pain has on our society." (Angela M. Kuemmel and Cynthia Van Keuren, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 60 (42) October, 2015) "Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches is a major textbook...[I]t should be a part of all departmental libraries and in the reference collection of pain fellows and pain practitioners. In fact, this text could be to pain as Miller is to general anesthesia." Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology "Although the primary audience is chronic pain physicians and primary care givers, anyone managing patients with chronic pain conditions in their practice will find the book very useful. ... The information is extremely practical and clinically useful...Both the content and the short discussions in each chapter make it a good pain reference for a busy practice." Doody's Book Reviews