The PAIN Exhibit 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 health care providers and the public about chronic pain through art, and to give a voice to those who have chronic pain.
The undertreatment of chronic pain is a public health issue[1] with an estimated 75 million Americans suffering from chronic nonmalignant pain.[2]
The PAIN Exhibit was started in 2001 by Mark Collen, and the PainExhibit.com website was created by James Gregory. The site was launched March 8, 2004 and is available in both English and Spanish languages. PainExhibit.com currently contains 92 art images which are divided amongst nine themes.[1]
Since its inception in 2001, Mark Collen has worked to further the mission of the PAIN Exhibit by writing articles for pain publications,[3][4][5][6] as well as producing the patient brochure, “So You’ve Got Chronic Pain…What’s Next?” which was edited by Steven Feinberg, MD.[2]
Educators
editPainExhibit.com art images are used internationally by health educators - including art therapists, pharmacologists, and physicians - to educate others about chronic pain. Below is a partial list of these educators.
International
editAuckland City Hospital; Auckland, New Zealand
Cardiff University; Cardiff, United Kingdom
Centre Hospitaliere De L'Universaté De Montréal; Montréal, Canada
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, England, United Kingdom
Hawkesbury-Hills Division of General Practice; Sydney, Australia
Javeriana University School of Medicine; Bogota, Colombia
Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute; Liverpool, United Kingdom
Panthera Film & TV for Swedish Public Television; Gotenberg, Sweden
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust; Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Robert Gordon University; Scotland, United Kingdom
Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain
University of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
University of Bologna; Bologna, Italy
University of Coimbra; Setubal, Portugal
United States
editAdvanced Pain Specialists, Inc.; Des Peres, Missouri
American Academy of Pain Management; Sonora, California
American Educational Research Association; Washington, DC
American Pain Foundation; Baltimore, Maryland
American Pain Society; Glenview, Illinois
Bend VA Clinic; Bend, Oregon
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York
Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School; Boston, Massachusetts
Centers for Pain Solutions / Pain Solutions; Nashua, New Hampshire
College of St. Catherine; St. Paul, Minnesota
Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
Drake University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; Des Moines, Iowa
Florida State University; Tallahassee, Florida
For Those In Pain, Inc.; Mountain View, California
Genesis Medical Center; Davenport, Iowa
George Mason University; Fairfax, Virginia
Greenwich Hospital; Greenwich, Connecticut
Haworth Press, Inc.; Binghamton, New York
Hospice & Palliative Care Center of Alamance-Caswell; Burlington, North Carolina
Independence Back Institute; Wilmington, North Carolina
Integrative Treatment Centers; Westminster, Colorado
International Association for the Study of Pain; Seattle, Washington
James A. Haley VA Hospital; Tampa , Florida
Kent State University, College of Nursing; Kent, Ohio
Mayo Clinic; Jacksonville, Florida
Oklahoma Association for Healthcare Ethics; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
PAIN Foundation of Western Pennsylvania; Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Pain Management Center of Long Island; Rockville Centre, New York
Pain Therapy Associates; Schaumburg, Illinois
Palo Alto VA Healthcare System; Palo Alto, California
PharmaCom Group; Stamford, Connecticut
Psychological Consultants, PLLC; Clinton Township, Michigan
Stanford University Medical School; Palo Alto, California
Technical College of the Lowcountry; Yemassee, South Carolina
Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Translational Pain Research Consortium, University of Texas Medical Branch; Galveston, Texas
Tripler Army Medical Center; Honolulu, Hawaii
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine; La Jolla, California
University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing; San Francisco, California
University of California, San Francisco, SF General Hospital - Family Health Center; San Francisco, California
University of Virginia, Health Sciences Department; Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Washington; Seattle, Washington
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Madison, Wisconsin
VA Medical Center, Spokane, Washington
Valley Center for Pain and Stress Management; McAllen, Texas
Wishard Hospital; Indianapolis, Indiana
Press
editSince 2003, the PAIN Exhibit has been included in over two dozen publications, including the Sacramento News and Review,[7] the Sacramento Bee,[8] the Buenos Aires Herald,[9] and the New York Times.[10]
PAIN Exhibit art images have donned 19 covers on pain journals. It has been featured on the cover of The Pain Practitioner,[11] Arts and Learning Research Journal,[12] and PAIN.[13] PAIN Exhibit art also appeared regularly on the cover of the Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy between 2005 and 2008.[14][15][16][17]
Other articles covering the PAIN Exhibit include the Brazilian publication IstoE’[3] and an Italian publication Panorama.[4]
References
edit- ^ http://www.painpolicy.wisc.edu/Achieving_Balance/EG2008.pdf
- ^ Adams NJ, Plane MB, Fleming MF, Mundt MP, Saunders LA, Stauffacher EA. Opioids and the treatment of chronic pain in a primary care sample. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2001 Sep;22(3):791-6.
- ^ Collen M. Making the Case for a Pain Insomnia Depression Syndrome (PIDS): A Symptom Cluster in Chronic Nonmalignant Pain. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 2008;22(3): 221-5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19042853
- ^ Collen M. Placebos in Pain Management. Practical Pain Management. 2007 Nov-Dec;7(2): 28-9. http://www.ppmjournal.com/abstract.asp?articleid=P0711F03
- ^ Collen M. In my Opinion . . . Opioid Tolerance. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 2007;21(1): 35-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17430828
- ^ Collen M. Art and Pain. The Pain Practitioner. Summer 2006;16(2): 75. http://www.aapainmanage.org/literature/PainPrac/ppsummer06download.pdf
- ^ McCormack, John. "Everybody Hurts". Sacramento News and Review July 29 2004.
- ^ McManis, Sam. "Sacramentan paints a picture of chronic pain". Sacramento Bee May 7 2008.
- ^ Green, Juliana. "The art of dealing with chronic pain". Buenos Aires Herald May 20 2004.
- ^ Parker-Pope, Tara. "Pain as an art form". New York Times. April 22 2008 <http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/pain-as-an-art-form/>.
- ^ American Academy of Pain Management. The Pain Practitioner. 26.3 (2006). Cover.
- ^ Arts and Learning Research Journal. 22.1 (2006). Cover.
- ^ The International Association for the Study of Pain. PAIN. 132.1 (2007). Cover.
- ^ Haworth Press. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 19.3 (2005). Cover.
- ^ Haworth Press. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 20.3 (2006). Cover.
- ^ Haworth Press. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 21.3 (2007). Cover.
- ^ Haworth Press. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 22.3 (2008). Cover.