This chapter presents an example of a integrated biopsychosocial collaborative relationship between a dentist board-certified in orofacial pain and a board-certified clinical health psychologist with advanced training in clinical psychopharmacology. The orofacial pain dentist and the clinical health psychologist collaborated in diagnosing and successfully treating a patient with complex chronic orofacial pain and excessive narcotic and benzodiazepine use. After reading this chapter the reader should have an appreciation of how utilizing a integrated collaborative biopsychosocial model results in a comprehensive treatment plan that guides a dynamic treatment process to optimize clinical outcome.
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Reeves, J.L., Merrill, R.L. (2008). The Complex Orofacial Pain Patient: A Case for Collaboration Between the Orofacial Pain Dentist and the Clinical Health Psychologist. In: Kessler, R., Stafford, D. (eds) Collaborative Medicine Case Studies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76894-6_19
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