The opioid overdose epidemic is a major threat to the public's health, resulting in the
development and implementation of a variety of strategies to reduce fatal overdose [1-3] …

“The greatest evil is physical pain,” stated St. Augustine of Hippo. Throughout history, the
lives of countless people have been afflicted by chronic pain resulting from a variety of …

Background: To ensure seriously ill people and their families receive high-quality primary
and specialty palliative care services, rigorous methods are needed to prospectively identify …

Background Over the last decades, consumption of opioids for the treatment of pain
increased steadily in the United States, Australia, and a few European countries. To date, no …

Trust is central to the therapeutic relationship, but the epistemic asymmetries between the
expert healthcare provider and the patient make the patient, the trustor, vulnerable to the …

Objective. Past research has demonstrated that trust is central to an effective therapeutic
relationship, but the role of trust in chronic pain management is not well understood. The …

Objective: Psychiatric comorbidities complicate treatment of patients with chronic pain and
opioid use disorder, but the prevalence of specific comorbid psychiatric disorders in this …

Background Chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) among patients with substance use disorder
(SUD) poses a risk for worse treatment outcomes. Understanding the association of CNCP …

Background For the past 30 years, opioids have been used to treat chronic nonmalignant
pain. This study tests the following hypotheses:(1) there is no strong evidence-based …

Aims The primary study aim was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of cognitive-
behavioral therapy (CBT) for opioid use disorder and chronic pain. The secondary aim was …