Pain Therapy Guided by Purpose and Perspective in Light of the Opioid Epidemic

Prescription opioid misuse is an ongoing and escalating epidemic. Although these pharmacological agents are highly effective analgesics prescribed for different types of pain, opioids also induce euphoria, leading to increasing diversion and misuse. Opioid use and related mortalities have developed...

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Main Authors: Amie L. Severino, Arash Shadfar, Joshua K. Hakimian, Oliver Crane, Ganeev Singh, Keith Heinzerling, Wendy M. Walwyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00119/full