Letter to the NICE Chronic Pain Guidelines Committee
In a letter to Nick Kosky, Chair of the NICE Chronic Pain Guideline Committee, PsiAN offered feedback and revisions to the organization’s Guidance Recommendations for pain management, based on a wealth of evidence about the diagnosis and treatment of Chronic Primary Pain. The letter points to a growing body of evidence and clinical experience that diagnosis and treatment of underlying psychosocial stress can alleviate chronic pain when there is no organic or structural cause, and that alleviation of Psychophysiologic Disorders (PPD) is best done with psychotherapy of depth, insight and relationship.
Read the letter.
April 2021