Intellectual milestones in our understanding and treatment of pain
Pain terms and taxonomies of pain
Peripheral pain mechanisms and nociceptor sensitization
Substrates of spinal cord nociceptive processing
Modulation of spinal nociceptive processing
Supraspinal mechanisms of pain and nociception
Psychological aspects of pain
Indivdual differences in pain: the roles of gender, ethnicity, and genetics
Functional neuroanatomy of the nociceptive system
Clinical trials
Sociocultural dimensions of pain management
Ethical issues in pain management
Ethical issues in the care of dying patients
Laws and policies affecting pain management
Litigation involving pain management
Opioid policy, availability, and access in developing and nonindustrialized countries
Medical evaluation of the chronic pain patient
Electrodiagnostic evaluation of acute and chronic pain syndromes
Diagnostic imaging of pain
Measurement of pain
Psychological and psychosocial evaluation
Disability evaluation in painful conditions
Multidisciplinary assessment of patients with chronic pain
Painful neuropathies
Complex regional pain syndrome
Phantom pain
Herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia
Central pain states
The psychophysiology of pain
Pain and learning
Psychiatric illness, depression, anxiety, and somatoform pain syndromes
The psychology of addiction
The doctor-patient relationship in pain management: dealing with difficult clinician-patient interactions
Joint pain
Myofascial pain syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Pain of dermatologic disorders
Pain due to vascular causes
Pain due to thoracic outlet syndrome
Pain following spinal cord injury
Epidemiology, prevalence, and cancer pain syndromes
Mechanisms, assessment, and diagnosis of pain due to cancer
Cancer pain: principles of management and pharmacotherapy
Interventional pain therapies
Pain caused by cancer of the head and neck and oral mucositis


Cancer-related bone pain
Cancer-related visceral pain
Radiotherapy and chemotherapy in cancer pain management
Cancer pain in children
Acute pain management in children
Acute pain in adults
Regional anesthesia techniques for acute pain management
Burn pain
Persistent pain in children
Pain in the older person
Obsteric pain
Pain and sickle cell disease
Pain in human immunodeficiency virus disease
The treatment of chronic pain in patients with history of substance abuse
Compliance monitoring in chronic pain management
Headache
Noncardiac chest pain
Abdominal, peritoneal, and retroperitoneal pain
Pelvic pain in females
Pelvic pain in males
Cranial neuralgias
Facial pain
Neck and arm pain
Chest wall pain
Lower extremity pain
Acute low back pain
Chronic low back pain
Surgery for low back pain
Failed back surgery syndrome
Psychological screening of spine surgery candidates
Rational pharmacotherapy for pain
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen
Opioid analgesics
Skeletal muscle relaxants and analgesic balms
Neuropathic pain pharmacotherapy
Anger and pain
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for chronic pain
Pain and anxiety and depression
Hypnosis
Relaxation and imagery techniques
Group therapy for chronic pain
Motivating pain patients for behavioral change
Basic concepts in biomechanics and musculoskeletal rehabilitation
Pain rehabilitation
Assessment and treatment of chemical dependency
Physical therapy agents
Exercise therapy for low back pain
Complementary and alternative medicine
Peripheral nerve stimulation
Spinal cord stimulation
Motor cortex and deep brain stimulation
Diagnostic and therapeutic nerve blocks
Epidural steroid injections
Intrathecal drug delivery in the management of pain
Intradiscal therapies for low back pain
Neurolytic blockade for noncancer pain
Surgery of the peripheral nervous system as a treatment for pain
The surgical management of trigeminal neuralgia
Ablative neurosurgical procedures for chronic pain
Interdisciplinary chronic pain management: perspectives on history, current status, and future viability
Spine clinics
Pain management in primary care
Pain management at the end of life
Training pain specialists
Emergencies in the pain clinic
Pain management in the emergency department
Pain management in the intensive care unit
The future of pain medicine: an epilogue.