Florence Chaverneff, PhD

Editor https://www.psychiatryadvisor.com

Florence Chaverneff, PhD, is the editor for Clinical Pain Advisor at Haymarket Media. A neuroscientist by training, Florence conducted basic research investigating mechanisms underlying Alzheimer disease, schizophrenia, and multiple sclerosis, and acquired additional experience in stem cell biology.

All articles by Florence Chaverneff, PhD

APA 2019

The Importance of Differentiating Between PTSD and TBI

Florence Chaverneff, PhD

May 21, 2019

Experts discuss how differentiation between the PTSD and TBI is important for the purposes of disability evaluation and treatment.

APA 2019

Virtual Reality Technology: A Potentially Useful Tool in Psychiatric Care

Florence Chaverneff, PhD

May 21, 2019

Virtual reality technology may be useful in such areas as exposure therapy and pain management.

APA 2019

Benefits of a Standardized Pain Management Regimen in Inpatient Psychiatric Units

Florence Chaverneff, PhD

May 20, 2019 1:30 pm

The implementation of a standardized medication regimen for pain management in incoming psychiatric inpatients may be associated with a reduction in the number of pages related to pain complaints received by on-call residents.

APA 2019

Senior Obama Advisor Discusses ACA in Conversation With APA President

Florence Chaverneff, PhD

May 20, 2019

The American Psychiatric Association’s president, Altha Stewart, MD, sat with Valerie Jarrett, JD, for a fireside chat focused on the Affordable Care Act.

Surgeons handing forceps in operating room

Addiction

Lancet Article Series on Postoperative Pain Management Practices

Florence Chaverneff, PhD

April 19, 2019

A series of 3 articles published in the Lancet is dedicated to highlighting the nature of current postsurgical pain management practices, including the use of peri- and postoperative opioids, that are thought to play a part in driving the opioid crisis.

Addiction

These Tools May Help Providers and Policymakers to Address the Opioid Crisis

Florence Chaverneff, PhD

November 14, 2018

The Stopping the Transmission of Opioids to the Next Generation tool allows clinicians treating women of childbearing age with opioid use disorder to estimate risks associated with pregnancies in this patient population.

News

Examining the Prevalence and Assessment of Mental Health Disorders in Chronic Pain

Florence Chaverneff, PhD

September 12, 2018

Dr Cosio presented results from a preliminary study examining the prevalence of mental health disorders in veterans with chronic pain.

Addiction

Opioid Use Disorder Prevalence at Delivery on the Rise in the US, According to CDC

Florence Chaverneff, PhD

August 16, 2018

The prevalence of opioid use disorder rose in women delivering at hospitals across 28 US states and the District of Columbia between 1999 and 2014, with quadrupling at the national level during this period.

limp hand holding spilled bottle of pills

Addiction

Deaths After Nonfatal Opioid Overdose: Causes and Risk Factors

Florence Chaverneff, PhD

July 4, 2018

Causes of death in the year after a nonfatal opioid overdose were often related to substance use disorders, as well as to a range of mental health and medical conditions.