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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00119/full |