title: Treatment planning in pain medicine. Integrating medical, physical, and behavioral therapies.
abstract: This article addresses a systematic approach to the treatment of chronic pain. The first section presents a biopsychosocial model of pain. The second section presents an application of the biopsychosocial approach to the clinical assessment and management of clinical cases with chronic pain.
authors.affiliation: Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation Center, MCP/Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gallagher
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D016896:Treatment Outcome