Chronic pain Quote by Shelby Harris
“So if somebody has chronic pain, we want to manage the pain, but we still want to treat the insomnia separately. So what we'll tend to do in our sleep lab is we'll do a thorough evaluation and we usually have myself, who is a Psychologist and a Sleep Behavioral Sleep Specialist, I treat the patients first.”
About This Quote
Source Medical Lecture: Sleep Medicine Conference, 2018
Chronic pain patients receive pain management, while insomnia is treated separately after thorough evaluation.
In simple terms: Treat pain and insomnia separately after assessment.
Key Takeaway
Separate treatment plans.
Themes
medicine
psychology
sleep health
Mood
clinical
strategic
Type
medical
educational
When to use this quote
- clinical practice
- patient counseling
- research studies
- healthcare policy
Key Concepts
comorbidity
patient assessment
behavioral therapy
Questions to Reflect On
- How to integrate pain and sleep care?
- What are benefits of separate treatment?
A Different Perspective
Potential for fragmented care.
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