Pain Medicine, Psychiatry — United States

Pain management psychiatry United States expert witnesses provide opinions on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of various types of pain, especially the management of acute and chronic pain, and related disorders, including issues of mood (emotional distress), anxiety and sleep. These specialists may opine on the use of medications, from opioids to psychotropic medications like antidepressants and anticonvulsivants, as treatments for pain, including adverse medication reactions.

These psychiatry specialists in pain management may provide expert opinions on failures to diagnose, delayed diagnosisand misdiagnosis of psychiatric disorders with pain as the common symptom.

These specialists may also provide expert testimony on the selection and managment of therapies, patient medication nonadherence, improper medication regimen management, patient monitoring, failure to obtain consult/referral and failure to ensure patient safety.