Pain Directory

There are more than 50 million Americans who experience chronic pain. Pain is a frequent cause for clinical visits. Pain is found across the lifespan, and it has been estimated that 4 out of every 10 people with moderate or severe pain do not get adequate relief. Pain is personal and subjective, is affected by mood and psychosocial factors, and demonstrated large individual variation. Pain interferes with quality of life, sleep, and productivity. Pain management options include pain relievers, learning coping skills to help reduce stress, and complementary therapies such as acupuncture, homeopathy, and hydrotherapy. It is important to find a treatment plan that will suit your individual needs and can help you to manage your chronic pain.

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Pain Directory News Articles

• It’s Twice as Strong Today…

  Even if you experimented with pot when you were younger, there’s nothing hypocritical about trying to keep your kids off of it now. Reliable and consistent evidence indicates today’s marijuana is more than twice as powerful on average than it was twenty years ago. With twice the concentration of THC, marijuana is now capable of causing double the damage. Read Full Article »

• Is it abuse? Is it addiction?

  Addiction is more than an uncontrollable desire for substances; it is an underlying behavior pattern with deeply emotional roots. Successful treatment requires digging down and revealing the long-ingrained pattern at the root level. What's often revealed is behavior born of anger, helplessness, and shame, compounded by intense desires for immediate escape from these unsettling feelings. Read Full Article »

• Tests Indicate a Decline in Workplace Drug Use

  According to a company that provides workplace drug tests nationwide, workplace drug use is on a steady decline. The company said 4.4 percent of the employees they tested last year were positive for drugs, compared with 4.6 percent in 2001 and 13.6 percent in 1988. However encouraging these figures are, workplace drug use remains a serious problem in corporate America, causing employers to pay a heavy price in lost productivity, injuries and insurance claims. Read Full Article »

• The Road Back to Self-Worth

  By Michelle Gottlieb, MFT
  
  I recently received an e-mail from a woman who was terribly distraught. She had been in a long-term relationship with an addict who had AIDS. She had supported him financially, had given up her family and her church to be with this man and help him. He left her, and she could not figure out why. Read Full Article »

• Turning to the Use (and Abuse) of Drugs, Alcohol and/or Tobacco in Times of Stress...

  Stressful events can have a direct affect on the use of alcohol or other drugs. Stress is a major contributor to the initiation and continuation of addiction to alcohol or other drugs, as well as to relapse or a return to drug use after periods of abstinence. Read Full Article »

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