Dr. Amy B. Wachholtz is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of
Massachusetts Medical School, and the Health Psychologist on the Psychosomatic Medicine
Consult Service at UMass Memorial Medical Center. In the research and clinical realms her
interests involve the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of health and illness. Her
current research interests focus on 1) bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of chronic pain
disorders and 2) the complexities of treating of co-morbid pain and opioid addiction in
both acute pain and chronic pain situations.

Articles

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Meditation-Based Treatment Yielding Immediate Relief for Meditation-Naive Migraineurs (with Makenzie E. Tonelli), Pain Management Nursing (2012)
 

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Beyond descriptive research: advancing the study of spirituality and health (with David H. Rosmarin and Amy Ai), Journal of behavioral medicine (2011)
 

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Prayer and pain: the mediating role of positive re-appraisal (with Jessie Dezutter and Jozef Corveleyn), Journal of behavioral medicine (2011)
 

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Intersection of chronic pain treatment and opioid analgesic misuse: causes, treatments, and policy strategies (with Gerardo Gonzalez, Edward W. Boyer, Zafar N. Naqvi, Christopher D. Rosenbaum, and Douglas M. Ziedonis), Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation (2011)
 

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Comorbid Pain and Opioid Addiction: Psychosocial and Pharmacological Treatments (with Douglas M. Ziedonis and Gerardo Gonzalez), Substance use and misuse (2011)
 

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Books

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Recent Researches in Modern Medicine (with Olivier Braissant, Hidetoshi Wakamatsu, Isaac Kuo-Kang Liu, Karel Allegaert, and Yongwimon Lenbury), Psychiatry Publications and Presentations (2011)
 

Contributions to Books

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Temperance and Addiction (with Michelle J. Pearce), Religion, Spirituality, and Positive Psychology: Understanding the Psychological Fruits of Faith (2012)
 

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Spiritual Dimensions of Pain and Suffering (with Suzana Makowski), Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care: Biobehavioral Approaches for the Life Course (2012)
 

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"Shaking the Blues Away": Energizing Spiritual Practices for the Treatment of Chronic Pain (with Michelle J. Pearce), Contemplative Practices in Action: Spirituality, Meditation, and Health (2010)