Evaluating a Chronic Pain Treatment Program

Evaluating Outcomes and Response Profiles of a Psychological Treatment for People With Chronic Pain

This interventional study seeks to evaluate the overall outcomes of a novel, emotional awareness intervention for people with chronic musculoskeletal pain and determine which patients benefit the most from this intervention. The investigators also are evaluating the effects of brief emotional communication technique embedded in the pre-treatment assessment.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain, not accounted for by disease or tissue pathology, who are seeking or referred for this psychological treatment program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Autoimmune diseases
• Cancer pain
• Illiterate
• Cognitively impaired
• Too medically ill