Opioids & Cancer ECHO #6: Caring for Patients with Chronic Pain

Caring for Patients with Chronic Pain
Opioids & Cancer ECHO | Session 6

Presented by
Ajay Manhapra, MD
Section Chief, Pain Medicine, Hampton VA Medical Center, Hampton, VA
Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine

Objectives:
1. Describe and identify nociplastic pain.
2. Explain the basic definitions of chronic primary pain and chronic secondary pain, including chronic cancer related pain, and diagnose them in clinical practice.
3. Verbalize the concepts of nociplastic pain, illness recovery, relief, and reward, and how they are integrated into the conceptualization of chronic pain and its management.
4. Organize comprehensive care for people with chronic pain.