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Cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain in veterans: Evidence for clinical effectiveness in a model program.

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Murphy, Jennifer L., Cordova, Matthew J., Dedert, Eric A.·2022·Psychological Services

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> 0.60) for worst pain intensity, pain interference, depression, and physical quality of life. Systematic training of therapists and implementation of the VA's CBT-CP protocol yielded significant patient improvements across multiple domains. This offers strong support for the VA's CBT-CP as an effective, safe treatment for Veterans with chronic pain and highlights it as a model to increase the availability of training in standardized, pain-focused, evidence-based, behavioral interventions. The findings suggest that the broad dissemination of such training, including in routine, nonpain specialty settings, would improve patient access to effective, nonpharmacological treatment options in both the public and private sectors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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  • Both CBT and ACT have demonstrated transdiagnostic efficacy within veteran populations.

    “Both CBT and ACT have demonstrated transdiagnostic efficacy within veteran populations [43–47].”

    From Feasibility, acceptability, and initial outcomes of a psychological adjustment and reintegration program for transitioned military veterans (2024) · cites this paper as [47]

    The Abstract (page not provided) reports improvements in pain, depression, and quality of life among veterans receiving CBT for chronic pain. The paper evaluates a pain-focused CBT protocol, not ACT, and does not establish efficacy across diagnoses; those parts of the sentence are unsupported by this source. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Murphy, J. L., Cordova, M. J., & Dedert, E. A.
Affiliations
  • James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital (US)
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
  • Veterans Health Administration (US)
Venue
Psychological Services
Published
2022-02
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
95-102
ISSN
  • 1541-1559 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-148X
OpenAlex
W3089941279
Cited by
57
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1
FWCI
3.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychological Services (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Clinical Sciences R&D Service (l01 CX001757)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Keywords
cognitive behavioral therapy, chronic pain, veterans, therapist training, pain intensity, pain interference, depression, physical quality of life, non-pharmacological treatment, dissemination of evidence-based treatment, Department of Veterans Affairs
MeSH terms
Humans, Quality of Life, Veterans, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Chronic Pain

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