DVD OUT NOW www.lifebeforedeath.com “Total Pain & Mental Health”Short Film 37 of 50 in the LIFE Before Death documentary series about the global crisis in untreated pain and the dramatic life changing effect palliative care services can deliver to patients and their families around the world. In this Short Film we discover that the way patients experiences pain is not simply about their physical symptoms but also about their emotional state. “There’s a very complex interaction between the psyche and emotions and physical pain,” explains Dr Natalya Dinat (South Africa). “If we’re able to understand that we’re able to treat the physical pain in a much more effective way.” “Obviously if you’ve still got tissue damage after an operation or trauma you’re going to have some pain,” continues Professor Michael Cousins (Australia). “But the pain won’t only be due to the tissue damage.” “Severe pain can be very detrimental to someone’s emotional state,” explains Dr Scott Irwin (USA). “It can cause them to be sad, it can cause them not to want to interact with their life in normal ways, it can even cause clinical depression. And once they become clinically depressed it makes their physical pain harder to treat.” “Depression, before my diagnosis, was a condition that I really thought was only for people who had no control of their life, were not optimistic, allowed themselves to be victims, chronic patient mentality, belonged in a padded room. That was really my perception of someone …
CSAP Director Frances Harding discusses with SAMHSA’s CAPT Principal Investigator Wayne Harding the agency’s vision for delivering prevention services in the context of behavioral health.
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