Pain Management Yearbook 2009

Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)

Pain sensation of individuals with Rett Syndrome: A literature review; Assessing pain in children with intellectual disability; Pain in individuals with intellectual & developmental disabilities; The triptych of pain in art; Pilot study of the feasibility of the non-communicating children's pain checklist revised for pain assessment for adults with intellectual disabilities; Facial expression of pain in children with intellectual disabilities following surgery; Prerequisite abilities for the use of hypnosis for pain management in children with cognitive impairment; Mechanical & holistic paradigms in sexology: Viagra(r) represents a mechanical worldview & may cause female sexual pain; A Q-methodological study to explore the low back pain beliefs & attitudes of low back pain health professionals; Impact of relaxation training on the variability of psychophysics & psychometrics tests; A national survey of the United Kingdom NHS pain management services; Opioid dependence among older pre-spine surgery patients: A prospective study; Combination of evidence-based medications for neuropathic pain: Proposal of a simple three-step therapeutic ladder; Psychosocial predictors of health status in fibromyalgia: A comparative study with rheumatoid arthritis; Pain management in a neonatal intensive care unit.