Does mood and coping affect my pain?

Dr. Keefe is a professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical Center and a member of the Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Control Program of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is director of the Duke Pain Prevention and Treatment Research Program, an active clinical research program concerned with the behavioral assessment and treatment of patients having acute and persistent pain. Dr. Keefe has developed and refined a number of treatment protocols for persistent pain conditions (e.g. cancer, arthritis) including spouse and partner-assisted pain coping skills training interventions. He has conducted a number of randomized clinical trials testing the efficacy of these and other behavioral interventions (e.g. aerobic exercise protocols, yoga based interventions, mindfulness-based interventions, forgiveness-based interventions, loving kindness meditation, and emotional disclosure). Dr. Keefe has published over 400 papers, as well as 60 book chapters. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of the journal PAIN.

On the show we discuss: persistent pain and how to manage pain with coping skills, understanding pain and how it is influenced, practical tips for managing pain

Resources

• painTRAINER website - an interactive online program based on scientific research that teaches you effective strategies to manage your pain
• Books by Kate Lorig, Michael Nicholas

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