Michael Pfingsten – författare

This book offers a diagnostic tool for physicians and psychologists who want to systematically document pain within a multimodal structure. MACPainP (multiaxial classification of pain-psychosocial dimension) is a systematic, comprehensive and clinically oriented diagnostic instrument for evaluating pain-related disorders, and includes differentiated descriptions to enable syndromes to be systematized and diagnoses compared. MACPainP can be used as a professional add-on for the International Classification of Diseases ICD-10 as well as the upcoming pain classification ICD-11, released by WHO.This clearly structured book provides an easy introduction to the biopsychological aspects of pain disorders, to allow a nuanced approach to the psychological diagnosis of pain patients. It discusses possible comorbidities (e.g. depressive disorders, anxiety disorders) as well as concrete behavior-related steps for pain-related psychological and medical treatments. An essential reference for physicians and psychologists in the field of pain therapy, it is part of the learning European Pain Federation Curriculum (EFIC) of pain therapists.

This book offers a diagnostic tool for physicians and psychologists who want to systematically document pain within a multimodal structure. MACPainP (multiaxial classification of pain-psychosocial dimension) is a systematic, comprehensive and clinically oriented diagnostic instrument for evaluating pain-related disorders, and includes differentiated descriptions to enable syndromes to be systematized and diagnoses compared. MACPainP can be used as a professional add-on for the International Classification of Diseases ICD-10 as well as the upcoming pain classification ICD-11, released by WHO.

This clearly structured book provides an easy introduction to the biopsychological aspects of pain disorders, to allow a nuanced approach to the psychological diagnosis of pain patients. It discusses possible comorbidities (e.g. depressive disorders, anxiety disorders) as well as concrete behavior-related steps for pain-related psychological and medical treatments. An essential reference for physicians and psychologists in the field of pain therapy, it is part of the learning European Pain Federation Curriculum (EFIC) of pain therapists.

Dieses Buch gibt Psychologen und Ärzten ein diagnostisches Instrument an die Hand, Schmerzen im Sinne einer multimodalen Schmerzdiagnostik und –therapie systematisch zu dokumentieren. MASK-P ermöglicht einen einfachen Einstieg in die bio-psychosoziale Krankheitsperspektive bei chronischen Schmerzstörungen: systematisch, umfassend und klinisch-anwendungsbezogen.Mit MASK-P können sowohl co-morbide Störungen (wie Depressionen oder Angsstörungen) als auch Schmerzen verhaltensnah und mit konkreten Ansatzpunkten für die schmerzpsychologische und schmerzmedizinische Behandlung erfasst werden.MASK-P wurde von der Deutschen Schmerzgesellschaft e.V. und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für psychologische Schmerztherapie und –forschung (DGPSF) entwickelt und ist Bestandteil des Lernzielkatalogs in der Weiterbildung zum Schmerztherapeuten. Damit stellt es für Psychologen und Ärzte ein gut strukturiertes Nachschlagewerk für den klinischen Alltag dar und ist in der Weiterbildung zumSchmerztherapeuten unerlässlich.