Global Year Against Pain in Women

Resources

IASP is pleased to offer resources related to the subject of pain in women.

"Real Women, Real Pain" Overview (PowerPoint)
IASP Publications
IASP Press Books
IASP Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Other Associations and Organizations

"Real Women, Real Pain" Overview (PowerPoint) available for download
IASP is pleased to offer an overview presentation explaining the "Real Women, Real Pain" initiative and its objectives. Chapters and members will find this brief PowerPoint slideshow to be an effective tool for raising awareness of women's pain issues. Feel free to use this presentation at meetings, speaking engagements, or any other events. Click here to access the presentation.

IASP Publications available for download
Note: These items are in PDF format, and will require a compatible reader to view them. We suggest Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded at the Adobe site.

 "Update on Fibromyalgia Syndrome" — Pain: Clinical Updates, 2008, Volume XVI, Issue 4.

"Gender, Pain, and the Brain" — Pain: Clinical Updates, 2008, Volume XVI, Issue 3.

"Dysmenorrhes: Contemporary Perspectives" — Pain: Clinical Updates, 2007, Volume XV, Issue 8.

"Pain of Urogenital Origin" — Pain: Clinical Updates, 2000, Volume VIII, No. 5.

"Sex and Gender Issues in Pain" — J. Edmond Charlton, MBBS, FRCA, Core Curriculum for Professional Education in Pain, 3rd edition, 2005

"Pain in Pregnancy and Labor" — J. Edmond Charlton, MBBS, FRCA, Core Curriculum for Professional Education in Pain, 3rd edition, 2005

"Gender Considerations in the Epidemiology of Chronic Pain" — Iain K. Crombie, et al. Epidemiology of Pain. IASP Press, 1999. (ISBN 0-931092-25-6)

18 Fact Sheets, on topics ranging from obstetric pain to gender-based violence, are available in seven languages (English, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese).

Books from the IASP Press available for purchase
Click here to print an order form (online ordering is not yet available.)

Sex, Gender and Pain (ISBN 0-931092-35-3) A better understanding of the differences between the sexes will ultimately enhance our ability to diagnose and treat pain disorders of all types. This book provides a single resource summarizing many of the most important findings regarding sex, gender, and pain.

Psychosocial Aspects of Pain: A Handbook for Health Care Providers (ISBN 0-931092-48-5) Specifically, Chapter 27: "Sex Differences in Pain Perceptions, Responses to Treatment, and Clinical Management." This book is intended to serve as a comprehensive resource for clinicians who wish to learn about the psychological, psychiatric, and social aspects of pain.

Sleep and Pain (ISBN-10 0-931092-62-0, ISBN-13 978-0931092-62-6) This book focuses on the interaction between sleep disorders and chronic pain syndromes, bridging the information gap between the sleep and pain communities.  Special attention is accorded to fibromyalgia, which is more prevalent in women.

IASP Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Visit the website or contact the chairs of the following SIGs for more information.  Membership in SIGs is open only to members of IASP.

The SIG on Sex, Gender and Pain seeks to encourage basic and clinical research on how sex and gender affect pain mechanisms and all realms of its management, to provide a central information resource on these issues, and to develop multidisciplinary discussion groups on subtopics of these issues.

The SIG on Pain of Urogenital Origin (PUGO) seeks to provide a forum for members to engage in discussion on the diagnosis and management of pain of urogenital origin, to focus on obtaining data on the types and magnitude of these specific problems, to initiate discussions and multicenter clinical and basic studies in order to advance the knowledge into their cause (often unknown at present), and to secure more efficient and globally accepted therapeutic approaches.

Other Associations and Organizations

The National Vulvodynia Association (www.nva.org) is pleased to announce the release of the 3rd edition of its online tutorial on chronic vulvar pain for healthcare professionals, Vulvodynia: Integrating Current Knowledge into Clinical Practice.  The program is now CME/CE accredited and jointly sponsored by the NVA and the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation.  It is free to all viewers and includes a self-guided presentation on the prevalence, differential diagnosis, treatment and etiology of vulvodynia.  To access this program, please visit http://learn.nva.org.  Should you have any questions about this program or experience any problems accessing it online, please contact Christin Veasley, Director of Research and Professional Programs, by email (chris@nva.org) or phone (+1-401-398-0830).  This program was funded by an educational grant from The Patty Brisben Foundation.  Release date: October 1, 2007. Expiration date: October 31, 2009.

PAIN Exhibit (www.PainExhibit.com) is an educational, visual arts exhibit from artists with chronic pain with their art expressing some facet of the pain experience. The mission of the PAIN Exhibit is to educate healthcare providers and the public about chronic pain through art and to give voice to the many who suffer in abject silence.  Featured artist Lilly Busch painted the piece "Self-Portrait of FMS" which will appear on the cover of the special edition of Pain dedicated to Pain in Women.