Introducing the integrated model of co-occurring chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder: Adding meaning-making and existential concepts to current theory.

David E ReedRhonda M WilliamsCharles C EngelSteven B Zeliadt

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2023)

The model provides clinicians and researchers with a more thorough conceptualization of how chronic pain and PTSD interact, which symptoms to target, and which outcomes may be important for individuals who have both chronic pain and PTSD. As a result, the model has the potential to improve pain and PTSD outcomes, and perhaps health outcomes more broadly, within this population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

chronic pain
posttraumatic stress disorder
pain management
social support
palliative care
emergency department
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance
weight loss
risk assessment
depressive symptoms
human health