British journal of pain
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British journal of pain · May 2021
Preliminary investigation of the associations between psychological flexibility, symptoms and daily functioning in people with chronic abdominal pain.
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), based in the psychological flexibility model, may benefit people with chronic abdominal pain. The current study preliminarily investigates associations between psychological flexibility processes and daily general, social and emotional functioning in chronic abdominal pain. ⋯ Psychological flexibility processes were positively associated with daily functioning in people with chronic abdominal pain. ACT may provide benefit for these people. Further studies with experimental designs are needed to examine the utility of ACT for people with abdominal pain.
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British journal of pain · May 2021
The role of the psychologist in the inpatient pain service: development and initial outcomes.
This article describes the development and initial evaluation of introducing a psychologist role within an adult inpatient pain service (IPS) in a large North West of England National Health Service (NHS) trust. ⋯ The psychologist became a valuable member of the multi-disciplinary IPS team, offering brief direct and indirect psychological interventions. While a relatively small sample, our prospective service evaluation data suggest brief psychological intervention may contribute to reduced length of stay and hospital admissions for people experiencing pain-related distress in hospital.