Current Risk Assessment and Management Paradigms: Snapshots in the Life of the Pain Specialist

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Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults

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The drug abuse screening test

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OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, Part II: OARSI evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines

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Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society

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Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain

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Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain: Evidence-based recommendations

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Predicting Aberrant Behaviors in Opioid-Treated Patients: Preliminary Validation of the Opioid Risk Tool

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Systematic Review: Opioid Treatment for Chronic Back Pain: Prevalence, Efficacy, and Association with Addiction

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Development and validation of the Current Opioid Misuse Measure

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The Pain Disability Index: psychometric and validity data.

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Predictors of opioid misuse in patients with chronic pain: a prospective cohort study

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Risk factors for clinically recognized opioid abuse and dependence among veterans using opioids for chronic non-cancer pain

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Validation of the Revised Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients With Pain (SOAPP-R)

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Opioids in the Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: An Update of American Society of the Interventional Pain Physicians’ (ASIPP) Guidelines

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Predicting aberrant drug behavior in patients treated for chronic pain: importance of abuse history

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Primary anxiety disorders and the development of subsequent alcohol use disorders: a 4-year community study of adolescents and young adults

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Behavioral Monitoring and Urine Toxicology Testing in Patients Receiving Long-Term Opioid Therapy

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Psychiatric History and Psychologic Adjustment as Risk Factors for Aberrant Drug-related Behavior Among Patients With Chronic Pain

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Definitions related to the medical use of opioids: Evolution towards universal agreement

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Psychological factors as predictors of opioid abuse and illicit drug use in chronic pain patients

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The Use of Opioids for the Treatment of Chronic Pain*

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The Opioid Renewal Clinic: A Primary Care, Managed Approach to Opioid Therapy in Chronic Pain Patients at Risk for Substance Abuse

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Assessment for Addiction in Pain-Treatment Settings

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Survey of select practice behaviors by primary care physicians on the use of opioids for chronic pain

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Prescription opioid use, misuse, and diversion among street drug users in New York City

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Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II) in individuals with chronic pain

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Do Users of Regularly Prescribed Opioids Have Higher Rates of Substance Use Problems Than Nonusers?

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Somatic pain–pathogenesis and prevention

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The Addiction Behaviors Checklist: Validation of a New Clinician-Based Measure of Inappropriate Opioid Use in Chronic Pain

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Does random urine drug testing reduce illicit drug use in chronic pain patients receiving opioids?

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Long-Term Opioid Contract Use for Chronic Pain Management in Primary Care Practice. A Five Year Experience

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Prescription Opioid Misuse Index: A brief questionnaire to assess misuse

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Does adherence monitoring reduce controlled substance abuse in chronic pain patients?

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Does Adherence Monitoring Reduce Controlled Substance Abuse in Chronic Pain Patients?

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Influences of Attitudes on Family Physicians' Willingness to Prescribe Long-Acting Opioid Analgesics for Patients with Chronic Nonmalignant Pain

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Psychological Comorbidities Predicting Prescription Opioid Abuse among Patients in Chronic Pain Presenting to the Emergency Department

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Misuse of and dependence on opioids: study of chronic pain patients.

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Opioid Therapy in Patients with a History of Substance Abuse

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The interface between pain and drug abuse and the evolution of strategies to optimize pain management while minimizing drug abuse.

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Adverse effects and cognitive function among primary care patients taking opioids for chronic nonmalignant pain

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The SISAP: A New Screening Instrument for Identifying Potential Opioid Abusers in the Management of Chronic Nonmalignant Pain Within General Medical Practice

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The use of long-acting opioids in chronic pain management

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The Opioid Contract

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U.S. Board-Certified Pain Physician Practices: Uniformity and Census Data of Their Locations

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Initial development of a survey tool to detect issues of chemical coping in chronic pain patients

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Addiction Severity Index in a chronic pain sample receiving opioid therapy

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An evaluation of the predictive validity of the Pain Medication Questionnaire with a heterogeneous group of patients with chronic pain

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Managing pain in patients with aberrant drug-taking behaviors.

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The Role of Urine Toxicology in Chronic Opioid Analgesic Therapy

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