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Treating Co-Occurring Chronic Pain and PTSD
Jennifer Murphy, PhD and Katherine Hadlandsmyth, PhD
Wednesday, November 16 at 2:00pm ET
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About the Presenters
JENNIFER MURPHY, PhD is the Director of Pain Management for the Department of Veterans Affairs, working under the Pain Management, Opioid Safety, and PDMP program. As a pain psychologist, Dr. Murphy serves as master trainer, subject matter expert, and lead manual author for VA’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP). Dr. Murphy is a champion for interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs and an investigator on multiple funded clinical trials examining nonpharmacological pain treatments. She resides in Tampa, Florida.
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KATHERINE HADLANDSMYTH, PhD is a clinical psychologist specializing in health psychology with a specific focus on chronic pain. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and an Investigator with the Center for Access & Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE), and the Veterans Rural Health Resource Center (VRHRC) at the Iowa City VA. Her research focuses on preventing chronic postsurgical pain and tailoring behavioral interventions to subsets of Veterans with chronic pain, including women and rural-dwelling Veterans. She is also beginning to investigate the overlap of PTSD and chronic pain.
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About the Topic
Given the significant co-occurrence of chronic pain and PTSD, a large body of work over the last two decades has sought to elucidate the complex interrelations between these conditions in adults. However, despite increased understanding of theoretical models of shared vulnerability, mutual maintenance and the role of avoidance, there remains a clinical challenge in how best to provide care to these often-complex multi-need patients. This presentation will help bridge that gap by providing information about the prevalence of chronic pain and PTSD, the relationship between these conditions, the literature around their treatment, and approaches for management of these co-occurring issues.
Also from Drs. Murphy and Hadlandsmyth and colleagues in the PTSD Research Quarterly: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Chronic Pain
Includes a summary of the research to date, potential clinical applications, and areas in need of further research. Featured articles and their abstracts are also included.
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The Experience of Chronic Pain and PTSD: A Guide for Health Care Providers
Chronic pain can have a variety of sources including disease processes or injuries. Some chronic pain stems from a traumatic event, such as a physical or sexual assault, a motor vehicle accident, or some type of disaster. Under these circumstances the person may experience both chronic pain and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
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Chronic Pain and PTSD: A Guide for Patients
Share a link or print our webpage on Chronic Pain and PTSD for your patients. Written in plain language, the guide answers questions about chronic pain, how it is evaluated, and how often it occurs with PTSD.
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Explore Our Free Article Database
PTSDpubs database (formerly PILOTS) is a freely available, online database providing access to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. It is produced by the National Center for PTSD and currently contains over 66,000 citations.
PTSDpubs has unique features that set it apart from other databases. PTSDpubs offers:
- A custom PTSD and trauma focused thesaurus to help you create a precise search. PTSDpubs' unique thesaurus includes specific PTSD symptoms, like hypervigilance, as well as terms such as PTSD DSM-5 and PTSD (ICD-11) to help you search by diagnostic criteria.
- A detailed listing of tests and measures. Each PTSDpubs record lists all instruments used within the publication, and you can limit your search to a specific test or measure.
- A comprehensive range of publication types, including journal articles, books, reports, newsletters, and dissertations.
- Cross-disciplinary coverage of all publications relevant to PTSD. PTSDpubs does not limit its coverage to selected journals, and tries to include all relevant articles.
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