Artiss Symposium 2014: Psychiatry and Pain Management

Abstract

What is the definition of pain? Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience which is associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage. I had two really interesting patients this week. One was a woman with phantom pain, subsequent to an above the knee amputation (AKA) after a traumatic accident where she lost her leg. She came in with severe pain. How do you treat it? Nerve blocks all failed. She used the TENS unit. All narcotics failed to help her. The medical student and resident who saw the case with me recognized that I had seen this patient 20 years ago for vocal cord dysphonia. What do you do with a patient like this?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA622218

Entities

People

  • Brett Schneider
  • Hal Wain
  • K. N. Benevides
  • Mary L. Dichtel
  • Robert Ursano

Organizations

  • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Brain Injuries
  • Drug Abuse
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Pain
  • Peripheral Nervous System
  • Psychiatry

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.