Exam 7: Understanding and Managing Pain

Cognitive therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy both strive to alter patterns of thinking.

Of the medical and psychological interventions for managing chronic pain,__________ is/are probably the most effective.

_______ occurs when the body needs more and more of the drug to reach the same effect and _______ occurs when removal of the drug causes withdrawal symptoms.

Compare the specificity and the gate control theory on their emphasis of psychological factors in pain.

Heart rate predicts perceptions of pain,but only for ________.

People who complain about pain in an amputated limb are simply imagining the pain.

Differentiate among the three stages of pain.

Approximately _____ % of all terminal cancer cases experience pain.

Surgery is not a successful treatment for many people with low back pain.

Jonathan has just cut his left hand while chopping onions.Trace the sensory input from finger to brain,mentioning the important structures in the nervous system.

Unlike rheumatoid arthritis,osteoarthritis

_____ pain is the most common of all syndromes of pain with a lifetime incidence rate of more than 99%.

Acute pain has no benefit to the person who is experiencing it.

The tendency to catastrophize is associated with ________.

Carlos is a 45-year-old civil engineer who has never had a migraine headache.His chances of a first migraine are

The dorsal horns are located in the

According to the gate control theory of pain,the structure that is the likely location of the gate is

Chronic pain affects approximately ____ of the population in the United States.

Medical procedures used in pain management have traditionally included

Evaluate the success and hazards of medical interventions for pain.