Name
P01 - Pain and Addiction: The Clinician’s Role in Treating Complex Co-Occurring Disorders (1.5 CE)
Date & Time
Thursday, February 15, 2018, 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Speakers
Mel Pohl, MD, DFASAM, MD, DFASAM
Mel Pohl, MD, DFASAM
Description
Mel Pohl, MD, DFASAM, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, has focused his career on investigating this connection. Dr. Pohl’s work with hundreds of patients has shown the important role that clinicians have in reducing chronic physical pain by using tools such as biofeedback, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and yoga—interventions that often are more effective and have a greater impact on reducing physical pain than traditional opioid-based therapy.
 
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:
  •  Describe principles of chronic pain, including central nervous system processing and the brain’s response to pain and suffering
  •  Identify the effects of emotional distress on increasing chronic pain
  •  Discuss techniques to manage opioid dependence and the experience of recovery from chronic pain with clinical methods including mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and ACT