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Date: Monday, April 10 from 10 to 11 a.m. ET
Speaker: Karen Seal, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and
psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco
Veterans suffer disproportionately from chronic pain. War-related mental
and physical trauma amplifies the experience of chronic pain,
increasing risk for disability and adverse outcomes related to overuse
of medication. No studies to date have tested a primary care-based
collaborative approach to improving pain management and decreasing
opioid risk among veterans. The overall goal of the Options
for Pain Treatment Interventions study is to pilot test a novel collaborative
care intervention to improve pain, opioid safety, and use of
nonpharmacologic pain management strategies in veterans in VA primary
care. The lecture will explore how this trial and other similar studies are laying the
groundwork for a generation of new research investigating
biopsychosocial, nonpharmacologic care for veterans with chronic pain.
Location/Viewing Options: the lecture is free and open to the public, and will be held on the main NIH campus, Lipsett Amphitheater at the NIH Clinical Center (Building
10). There will also be an option to view via Videocast, or you can join us on our Facebook
page as we
live stream the lecture. This lecture is part of a series of spring 2017 events
dedicated to integrative health and U.S. military personnel, veterans, and
their families.
A Q&A with Dr. Seal
will also be broadcast live on the NCCIH Facebook page following the April
10 lecture at 2 p.m. ET. This is an opportunity to submit
questions online and learn more about Dr. Seal's research. Follow the conversation
on Twitter for both events with #NCCIHtalk and #NCCIHMilitaryHealth.
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