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 Chronic pain is classified as pain that lasts longer than three to six months. In medicine, the distinction between acute and chronic pain is sometimes determined by the amount of time since onset. Two commonly used markers are pain that continue ...

. The undertreatment of pain is a

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

issuehttp://www.painpolicy.wisc.edu/Achieving_Balance/EG2008.pdf with an estimated 75 million

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suffering from chronic nonmalignant pain. The PAIN Exhibit was started in 2001 by Mark Collen, and the PainExhibit.com website was created by James Gregory. The site was launched and is available in both English and Spanish languages. PainExhibit.com currently contains 92 art images which are divided amongst nine theme

Since its inception in 2001, Mark Collen has worked to further the mission of the PAIN Exhibit by writing articles for pain publications, as well as producing the patient brochure, “So You’ve Got Chronic Pain…What’s Next?” which was edited by Steven Feinberg, M

Press

Since 2003, the PAIN Exhibit has been included in over two dozen publications, including the ''

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'',McCormack, John. "Everybody Hurts". Sacramento News and Review July 29, 2004. the ''

Sacramento Bee ''The Sacramento Bee'' is a daily newspaper published in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Since its foundation in 1857, ''The Bee'' has become the largest newspaper in Sacramento, the fifth largest newspaper in California, and the 2 ...

'',McManis, Sam. "Sacramentan paints a picture of chronic pain". Sacramento Bee May 7, 2008. the ''

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'',Green, Juliana. "The art of dealing with chronic pain". Buenos Aires Herald May 20, 2004. and the ''

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''. PAIN Exhibit art images have donned 19 covers on pain journals. It has been featured on the cover of the ''Pain Practitioner'', ''Arts and Learning Research Journal'', and '' PAIN''. PAIN Exhibit art also appeared regularly on the cover of the '' Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy'' between 2005 and 2008.

Other articles covering the PAIN Exhibit include the Brazilian publication ''IstoE’'' and an Italian publicatio
''Panorama''

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