Mental health care providers: resource rather than last resort in patients with chronic pelvic pain

Beth L. Dinoff, S. MARIA MEADE-PRUITT, Daniel M. Doleys
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2003 · vol. 46(4) , pp. 804–810 · doi:10.1097/00003081-200312000-00010 · PMID:14595222 · W2042490917
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This paper advocates for integrating mental health providers as a primary resource for patients with chronic pelvic pain, rather than a last resort, to improve management and outcomes.

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*†Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spain Rehabilitation Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham; *‡Pain and Rehabilitation Institute, The Doleys Clinic, Birmingham, Alabama Correspondence: Daniel M. Doleys, PhD, The Pain and Rehabilitation Institute, The Doleys Clinic, 720 Montclair Road, Suite 204, Birmingham, AL 35213 205.591.7246. E-mail: [email protected] This paper was supported in part by the NIH Rehabilitation Research Training Grant: CNS Outcomes NICHD (#5T32 HDO7420-11).

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chronic_pelvic_pain

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Mental Disorders Patient Care Team Pelvic Pain Referral and Consultation Chronic Disease Female Humans Mental Disorders Pelvic Pain United States

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