Information Resources Management Association. Alternative Pain Management: Solutions for Avoiding Prescription Drug Overuse

IGI Global, 2020. — 490 p. — ISBN 9781799816805.With the growing dependency on prescription drugs and concerns about the rise of opioid addiction, providing effective pain management alternatives is a primary concern for health professionals and all of society. Online tools and alternative therapies are becoming more prevalent in supporting the management of pain and provide treatment opportunities for patients who do not want to rely solely on prescription medication. Alternative Pain Management: Solutions for Avoiding Prescription Drug Overuse is an essential reference source that provides alternative solutions for managing and treating chronic pain, including through the use of mobile applications, online programs, self-management strategies, and virtual reality. Additionally, the book promotes a further understanding of pain and how it is diagnosed and reviews pharmaceutical accountability when prescribing drugs for pain management. Highlighting a range of topics such as cryotherapy, pain assessment, and prescription tracking, this publication is an ideal reference source for physicians, nurses, hospital staff, surgeons, medical professionals, pharmacists, researchers, academics, and upper-level students.Diagnosing and Understanding Pain
Chronic Stress and Chronic Pain
Pain Assessment through Facial Expression
Stress Associated with Orthopedic Surgery and Feeling Pain
Drugs and Pharmaceutical Accountability
Overview of Multicomponent Solid Forms
OpTrak
ICTs, Mobile Applications, and Online Programs
An Innovative, Information and Communication Technology Supported Approach, Towards Effective Chronic Pain Management
Participant Perspectives on Benefits and Challenges of Engaging in an Online Pain Self-Management Program
Systematic Review and Evaluation of Pain-Related Mobile Applications
Headache App
Self-Management and Therapy
The Role of Self-Efficacy and Aging in Managing Disease
Research-Based Applied Psychophysiology
Whole-Body Cryotherapy as a Tool to Improving of Infrared Thermography Diagnostics
Virtual Reality and Video Games
Uses of Virtual Reality (VR) for Chronic Pain
Videogames as Therapy
Look of Life