Department/University:
Pain Centre, Department of Anesthesia
McGill University,
Montreal General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec
Position:
Associate Professor, McGill University Department of Anesthesia;
Associate Director & Director of Psychological Services, MUHC Pain Centre
Director of Psychology Internship training
Degrees/University:
PhD Universite de Montreal
Pain treatments:
Psychological Assessment, short-term psychotherapy, follow-up, hypnosis, Pain Management Group
Special clinical interests:
Psychological barriers to treatment success; Hypnosis, Somatoform pain disorders, Expectation effects
Research interests:
Role of psychological factors in chronic pain; Changing ideas in the study of psychological factors in chronic pain; Psychological barriers to treatment success in patients with chronic pain; Fibromyalgia
Recent publications:
Mark Ware, Ann Gamsa et al (2002). Cannabis for Chronic Pain: Case series and implications for clinicians, Pain Research & Management, 7 (2), 95-99.
Ann Gamsa, Hypnotic Analgesia, in Handbook of Pain Management (Eds.: R. Melzack & P. D. Wall); Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003.
