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  ¯kµh¯e±w  Pain Disorder

American Academy of Pain Management

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: American Academy of Pain Management.
  • For professionals, the site displays information about the Academy and a list of available books and tapes.

American Academy of Pain Medicine

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: American Academy of Pain Medicine.
  • Position statements and excerpts from the Academy’s publications.

American Council for Headache Education

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: American Council for Headache Education.
  • Includes information for patients about different types of headaches and treatment options.

American Headache Society

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: American Headache Society, an organization for professionals.
  • Describes the Society’s activities and scientific meetings.
  • Abstracts from current and back issues of the Society’s journal.

American Pain Society

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: American Pain Society.
  • Describes the Society and its activities.
  • Full text of the Society’s bulletin is available online.
  • Click on “Resources?for annotated descriptions of relevant sites for patients and professionals.

Chronic Pain

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Emerson-Tufts Program in Health Communication.
  • Directory of Web sites about chronic pain, each with a descriptive paragraph.

Chronic Pain Association of Canada

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Chronic Pain Association of Canada, a support organization for people with chronic pain.
  • Fact sheet on chronic pain.

National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain.
  • Brief fact sheets about intractable pain and FAQs about migraine.

Pain.com

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Dannemiller Educational Memorial Foundation.
  • A wide variety of full-text articles for professionals about various aspects of pain and its management. The articles are usually up-to-date and well-written.
  • Interviews with pain management experts.
  • Extensive directory of sites about pain and related professional organizations.

Society for Pain Practice Management

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Society for Pain Practice Management.
  • Describes the Society’s membership benefits and annual meetings.
  • Links to Web sites about pain management.
  • News items of practical interest, such as dealing with insurance and billing issues in the treatment of chronic pain.