Chronic Pain in People with Physically Disabling Conditions: A Review of the Application of Biopsychosocial Models

Hypnotherapy for disability-related pain: A meta-analysis

“…This holistic focus is important considering the complex medical and psychological comorbidities that occur with physical disability, including chronic fatigue and rates of depression as high as 50 per cent (Siegert and Abernethy, 2005). This is also consistent with the biopsychosocial approach recommended for chronic pain management (Nicholson Perry, 2012). Further research examining hypnotherapy as a treatment alternative to conventional pharmacology for disability-related pain is also warranted, with the five studies providing this data reporting longer term reduction in prescription of analgesics and narcotic pain relief among hypnosis participants (Castel et al, 2007; Gay et al, 2002; Haanen et al, 1991; Horton-hausknecht et al, 2000; Rickard, 2004).…”

“…Up to 50 per cent of persons with a physical or neurological condition are affected by neuropathic, musculoskeletal or other form of pain that lasts beyond 3 months (International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Task Force on Taxonomy, 2011; Nicholson Perry, 2012). 1 Left untreated, this chronic pain can negatively impact functional independence, health-related quality of life, and affect (Orenius et al, 2013; Post and Van Leeuwen, 2012; Siegert and Abernethy, 2005).…”