Handbook of Pain Assessment, Third Edition (3^rd Ed.)

This definitive clinical reference comprehensively reviews the most advanced methods for assessing the person in pain. The field's leading authorities present essential information and tools for evaluating psychosocial, behavioral, situational, and medical factors in patients' subjective experience, functional impairment, and response to treatment. Empirically supported instruments and procedures are detailed, including self-report measures, observational techniques, psychophysiological measures, and more. Best-practice recommendations are provided for assessing the most prevalent pain syndromes and for working with children, older adults, and people with communication difficulties. The book also weighs in on the limitations of existing methods and identifies key directions for future research.

Introduction 1. The Measurement of Pain and the Assessment of People Experiencing Pain, Dennis C. Turk and Ronald MelzackI. Self-Report Measures of Pain 2. Self-Report Scales and Procedures for Assessing Pain in Adults, Mark P. Jensen and Paul Karoly 3. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: Development, Psychometric Properties, and Usefulness of the Long Form, Short Form, and Short Form–2, Joel Katz and Ronald Melzack 4. Psychosocial Assessment: Comprehensive Measures and Measures Specific to Pain Beliefs and Coping, Douglas E. DeGood and Andrew J. Cook 5. Assessment of Couples and Families with Chronic Pain, Joan M. Romano, Annmarie Cano, and Karen B. SchmalingII. Measures of Pain Not Dependent on Self-Report 6. The Facial Expression of Pain, Kenneth D. Craig, Kenneth M. Prkachin, and Ruth E. Grunau 7. Assessment of Pain Behaviors, Francis J. Keefe, Tamara J. Somers, David A. Williams, and Suzanne J. Smith 8. Psychophysiological and Neuroimaging Measures in the Assessment of Patients with Chronic Pain, Herta Flor and Patric Meyer 9. Quantification of Function in Chronic Low Back Pain, Peter B. Polatin, Whitney E. Worzer, Emily Brede, and Robert J. Gatchel 10. Assessment of Patients with Chronic Pain: A Comprehensive Approach, Dennis C. Turk and James P. RobinsonIII. Assessment of Special Populations 11. Assessment of Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Danielle A. Ruskin, Khush A. Amaria, Fay F. Warnock, and Patricia A. McGrath 12. Assessment of Pain in Older Persons, Lynn R. Gauthier and Lucia Gagliese 13. Assessment of Pain in Adults and Children with Limited Ability to Communicate, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Lynn M. Breau, and Kenneth D. CraigIV. Assessment of Specific Pain Conditions and Syndromes 14. Assessment of Acute Pain, Pain Relief, and Patient Satisfaction, Shawn T. Mason, James A. Fauerbach, and Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite 15. Clinical Assessment of Low Back Pain, Paul J. Watson 16. Assessment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome, Myofascial Pain Syndromes, and Whiplash-Associated Disorders, James P. Robinson and Dennis C. Turk 17. Assessment of Neuropathic Pain, Ian Gilron, Nadine Attal, Didier Bouhassira, and Robert H. Dworkin 18. Assessment of Headaches, Frank Andrasik, Dawn C. Buse, and Alyssa Lettich 19. Assessment of Patients with Cancer-Related Pain, Karen O. AndersonV. Special Issues and Applications 20. Assessment of Psychiatric Disorders, Mark D. Sullivan and Jennifer Brennan Braden 21. Disability Evaluation in Painful Conditions, James P. Robinson 22. The Importance of Biopsychosocial Screening before Surgical Intervention or Opioid Therapy for Patients with Chronic Pain, Robert J. Gatchel 23. Assessment of Chronic Pain in Epidemiological and Health Services Research: Empirical Bases and New Directions, Michael Von Korff 24. Assessment of Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials, Alec B. O’Connor and Robert H. DworkinConclusion 25. Trends and Future Directions, Dennis C. Turk and Ronald Melzack

Dennis C. Turk, PhD, is the John and Emma Bonica Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Research and Director of the Center for Pain Research on Impact, Measurement, and Effectiveness at the University of Washington School of Medicine. His research focuses on the assessment and treatment of a range of chronic pain conditions, clinical trial design, comparative effectiveness research, subgroup identification and treatment matching, and coping and adaptation. Dr. Turk is a recipient of the John C. Liebeskind Award for Career Contribution to Pain Research from the American Academy of Pain Management and the Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award from the American Pain Society.

Ronald Melzack, PhD, until his death in 2019, was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at McGill University in Québec, Canada. Dr. Melzack developed the McGill Pain Questionnaire, the world's most widely used measurement tool for research on pain in human subjects. In recognition of his breakthrough research on pain, Dr. Melzack was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada and received the Prix du Québec for research in pure and applied science. Among numerous awards, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, was honoured with a Killam Prize, and earned the Grawemeyer Award for Psychology. In 2009, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.