The Problem (and the Answer?) to the Limited Availability of Pain Psychologists: Can Clinical Social Workers Help?

Michael E Schatman^{1

2}, Matthew G Fortino^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Clinical Psychology, William James College, Newton, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 33408511
PMCID: PMC7779292
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S297312

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The Problem (and the Answer?) to the Limited Availability of Pain Psychologists: Can Clinical Social Workers Help?

Michael E Schatman et al. J Pain Res. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 30:13:3525-3529.

doi: 10.2147/JPR.S297312. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Michael E Schatman^{1

2}, Matthew G Fortino^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Clinical Psychology, William James College, Newton, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 33408511
PMCID: PMC7779292
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S297312

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Dr Michael E Schatman is a research consultant for Firstox and Modoscript. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.

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