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PRACTICE OVERVIEW:
Dr. David B. Adams is Board
Certified in Clinical Psychology (ABPP) and specializes in the
treatment of mood, anxiety, sexual, psychosomatic and somatoform disorders
in adults.
In addition to his private Atlanta practice, Dr. Adams consults
nationally to physicians, nurses, attorneys, employers, insurers, police
departments, school systems, risk-management organizations and
rehabilitations centers
regarding the psychological factors involved in chronic pain, work-related injury, disability,
depression, anxiety and sexual dysfunction.
He performs pre-surgical evaluations
including those required for stimulator implant trials. .Dr. Adams
biography and
curriculum vitae are available as
downloads.
He is Fellow of the American Academy
of Clinical Psychology, a Fellow of the Academy of
Psychosomatic Medicine and a Fellow of the American
Psychological Association and it's Division of Psychologists
in Independent Practice, Division of Psychotherapy;
Society of Clinical Psychology, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management.
Dr. Adams is
a Distinguished Practitioner of the National Academy of Practice in
Psychology, a member of the
American Psychosomatic Society,
the Association of Medicine and
Psychiatry, a platinum member of
the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
and holds a Certificate of Professional Qualifications from the
Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards.
He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, and
holds two degrees from the University of Alabama with a postdoctoral
fellowship from the Institute of
Clinical Training of the
Devereux Foundation (Philadelphia).
Dr. Adams
has served on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Psychology,
Psychotherapy Bulletin, International Journal of Medical
Psychotherapy, and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice and
Training and for many years was a medical psychotherapy-contributing
editor to the Psychotherapy
Bulletin. Dr. Adams is the
author of greater than sixty articles on the impact of psychological
functioning upon claims of disability, including the 1991 textbook
chapter on Diversification of Clinical Practice, the 1992
centennial article on Psychotherapy in the Medical & Surgical Arenas,
and two 1997 orthopedic textbook chapters in
Soft Tissue Injuries
(Windsor & Lox, Eds.) regarding
chronic pain and
psychopharmacology.
Since 1988, he has presented seminars and
regional workshops to physicians, nurse case managers, attorneys,
employers and insurers addressing the psychological aspects of physical
disease and injury. |
PSYCHOLOGICAL.COM
contains information about
psychological disorders
and
psychological treatment, as well
as accessing educational services, scheduling seminars, and joining his
discussion group.
Dr. Adams' clinical practice, Atlanta Medical Psychology, is
located in The Medical Quarters in Sandy Springs, in the north side
of Atlanta, at the junction of Scottish Rite, Northside and Saint
Joseph's Hospitals.
If you are concerned that
you may be suffering from a depressive disorder, try our
self-examination.
THIS WEEK'S FACTOID:
Marijunana & Pain Management - Canadian Medical Association Journal:
"Three puffs a day of marijuana helps people with chronic nerve pain due
to injury or surgery feel less pain and sleep better. About 10% to
15% of patients attending a chronic pain clinic use cannabis as part of
their pain [control] strategy.
The new study ''adds to the trickle of evidence that cannabis may help
some of the patients who are struggling [with pain] at present.
21 men and women, average age 45, who had chronic nerve pain (also
called neuropathic pain) were included in this study. The team tried
three different potencies of marijuana, with the highest a concentration
at 9.4% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) herbal cannabis. He also tested 2.5%
and 6% THC.
The cannabis was put into gelatin capsules, then put into the bowl of a
pipe. Each person was told to inhale for five seconds while the cannabis
was lit, hold the smoke in their lungs for 10 seconds, and then exhale.
They did this single puff three times a day for five days for each of
the doses and the placebo. The participants were allowed to continue on
their routine pain medications.
Study subjects rated their pain on a scale of zero to 10, with 10 being
the worst. The highest dose of cannabis, 9.4%, provided relief reduced
pain down to 5.4. Although that difference may seem modest, ''any
reduction in pain is important."
The concentration of 9.4% is lower than that found in marijuana on the
street. On the street, it's 10% to 15% THC, more or less.
Shown again that cannabis is analgesic. Side effects were reported,
including headache, dry eyes, numbness, cough, and a burning sensation
in the area with pain.
The cannabis relieves pain by 'changing the way the nerves function.
Cannabis, may help some patients who have limited relief from other
remedies, but current cannabis formulations are unlikely to replace
existing treatments."
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