Integration of a 1-session pain relief skills intervention across patient populations and practice settings

Beth Darnall, PhD
Stanford School of Medicine

ABSTRACT:
While national best practices guidelines call for a biopsychosocial approach to treating acute and chronic pain, few evidence-based options are broadly accessible to the people who need them. Poor access to effective non-pharmacologic pain treatment contributes to substance use, pain care disparities and human suffering. Brief, effective, and online behavioral pain treatments are needed across the continuum of care. In this session, Dr. Darnall will review published efficacy data from 4 randomized trials on a 1-session pain relief skills intervention (Empowered Relief®). Empowered Relief is NIH and PCORI-funded, scalable, evidence-based, disseminated and adopted by major healthcare organizations across the U.S. and internationally (29 countries) within primary care, tertiary care and perioperative pathways. Adaptations and applications in special populations will be discussed (Veterans, Military, Corrections settings).