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Front Matter -- Basic Understanding Of Pain Medicine. The Challenge Of Pain: A Multidimensional Phenomenon / Mary E Lynch, Kenneth D Craig, Philip W Peng -- Epidemiology And Economics Of Chronic And Recurrent Pain / Dennis C Turk, Kushang V Patel -- Basic Mechanisms And Pathophysiology / Muhammad Saad Yousuf, Allan I Basbaum, Theodore J Price -- Psychosocial Perspectives On Chronic Pain / Kenneth D Craig, Judith Versloot -- Identification Of Risk And Protective Factors In The Transition From Acute To Chronic Post Surgical Pain / Joel Katz, M Gabrielle Paǧ, Aliza Weinrib, Hance Clarke -- Placebo/nocebo: A Two-sided Coin In The Clinician's Hand / Elisa Frisaldi, Aziz Shaibani, Fabrizio Benedetti -- Knowledge Transfer To Patients Experiencing Pain And Poor Sleep And Sleep Disorder / Gilles J Lavigne, Alberto Herrero Babiloni, Beatrice P De Koninck, Marc O Martel, Jacqueline Tu Anh Thu Lam, Cibele Dal Fabbro, Louis Beaumont, Caroline Arbour -- Clinical Assessment In Adult Patients / Christine Short, Mary E Lynch -- Assessment Of Pain. Measurement And Assessment Of Pain In Pediatric Patients / Jennifer N Stinson, Kathryn A Birnie, Petra Hroch Tiessen -- Laboratory Investigations, Imaging And Neurological Assessment In Pain Management / Pam Squire, Misha Bakonja -- Psychological Assessment Of Persons With Chronic Pain / Robert N Jamison, Kenneth D Craig -- Management. Introduction To Management / Mary E Lynch -- Managing Chronic Pain In Primary Care / Sarah Ee Mills, Blair H Smith -- Medical Nutrition Therapy For Chronic Pain Management / Andrea Glenn, Meaghan Kavanagh, Laura Bockus-thorne, Lauren Mcneill, Vesanto Melina, David Jenkins, Shannan Grant -- Physical Therapy And Rehabilitation / David M Walton, Timothy H Wideman -- Pharmacotherapy. Antidepressant Analgesics In The Management Of Chronic Pain / Katharine N Gurba, Simon Haroutounian -- Anticonvulsants In The Management Of Chronic Pain / Malin Carmland, Troels Staehelin Jensen, Nanna Brix Finnerup -- Opioids / An