This book is a generously illustrated title in Stahl's series, covering pain psychology and management.

Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego. He has conducted numerous research projects awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Veterans Administration, and the pharmaceutical industry. Author of more than 350 articles and chapters, Dr Stahl is the author of the bestsellers Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology and The Prescriber's Guide.

1. Pain affects us all; 2. Neurobiology of pain; 3. The 'pain patient'; 4. Pain disorders; 5. Pain drugs; 6. Monitoring and caring for patients in pain.