a field of research that is concerned with the relationship between the psychological and physical well being of children, the promotion of better health and prevention of disease
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what is pain?
an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage
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what is congenial analgesia?
cannot feel pain
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what is nociception?
processes where info about tissue damage is conveyed to the central nervous system through sensory receptors. not a perception of pain but a response to stimuli
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what are the four activities that occur to stimulate pain?
individuals are not passive respondents, but rather they appreciate conditions
takes context, stimulus, cognitions, physiological awareness, emotions and behaviours into consideration
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what is the fear avoidance model?
Vlaeyn et al, 1995
two possible routes for fear avoidance, either go into situation with no fear, therefore confronted and cured, or with fear, which can lead to further pain
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what are a variety of treatments that can manage pain?
lifestyle change, physiological support, physical medicine, rehabilitation, intervention, pharmacology, medicine
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what do psychological interventions do to help with pain management?
decrease pain and anxiety, activate coping with medical conditions, assist patients to feel competent, prevent development of dysfunction, targets the person as a whole
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what are the main components of CBT?
actively processes information, cognitive, behavioural, emotional and physiological. treatment uses all cognitions, must be active, skill acquisition via relaxation, family involvement important
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what is acceptance and commitment therapy?
McCraken, 2005
contextual acceptance based approach to chronic pain, aims to reduce inflexible behaviour patterns that fail the sufferer by encouraging to be active in role, responding without attempts at control
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Williams, Fisher, Hearn and Eccelson (2020)
meta analysis of 75 studies, 9401 participants
found small benefit when using CBT
found ACT was better than control
found BT was very low quality but still a small difference
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Fisher et al (2018)
meta analysis specifically looked at children, 47 studies, 2884 children
psychological therapies very good at reducing headaches, but not maintained in follow up
suggests psychological more accurate in paediatric pain
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Liossi (2019)
looked at combining multiple treatments in children, 28 studies overall
those in the interdisciplinary condition were less likely to report pain compared to the controls, quite effective when combined together
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what is pain?
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an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage
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what is congenial analgesia?
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what is nociception?
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what are the four activities that occur to stimulate pain?
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