Laurence Westreich, MD and Kelly Bilodeau, Author at MPR

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Practical Aspects of Pain Management in Psychiatric Disorders

Prescribing opiates to patients with psychiatric disorders can be complicated. First, it may be difficult to quantify pain in a patient with a psychiatric disorder. In addition, symptoms of a psychiatric disorder may actually be related to an addiction, says Laurence Westreich, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the New York University Langone Medical Center.

Laurence Westreich, MD and Kelly Bilodeau

May 25, 2012