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Using Psychology for Pain Relief and Opioid Reduction (SOP67)
Using Psychology for Pain Relief and Opioid Reduction (SOP67)
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Nov 7, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
The national conversation on opioids focuses mostly on abuse and overdose deaths but there are millions of Americans using opioids to manage chronic pain. Can integrating psychological approaches into pain care offer some patients low-risk pain treatment options? Beth Darnall, PhD, from Stanford University, explains how psychology and mindfulness can treat pain and help people with chronic pain live better lives. Help us learn more about you. Please take our audience survey at http://www.apa.org/sopsurvey
Released:
Nov 7, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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