Ebook: Close Encounters with Addiction

This e-book is drawn from a US Journal Training session Dr. Pohl presented in June of 2011. Dr. Pohl is a board-certified family practitioner, Vice President of Medical Affairs, and the Medical Director of Las Vegas Recovery Center (LRVC), the only private freestanding, medically managed inpatient detoxification and addiction treatment facility in Las Vegas.;COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHRONIC PAIN AND ADDICTION; WHAT IS PAIN? WHAT INFLUENCES THE PAIN EXPERIENCE?; TYPES OF PAIN; ACUTE VS. CHRONIC PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT VS. PAIN RECOVERY; WHAT IS ADDICTION; EMOTIONS AND SUFFERING; THE PLACEBO EFFECT AND THE CONDITIONED RESPONSE; SECONDARY GAIN; LAS VEGAS RECOVERY CENTER PROTOCOL FOR MEDICALLY MANAGED WITHDRAWAL; SOME CLOSING THOUGHTS.