Invited address
Tracks
Ballroom 3
| Saturday, April 27, 2019 |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Overview
Lorimer Moseley:
Why we need a Pain Revolution & why you ought to be part of it
Speaker
Dr Michael Shelley
Innervate Pain Management
The role of a Health Psychologist in Chronic Pain
9:00 AM - 9:15 AMAbstract
In 1978 the Center for Disease Control (CDC) report recommended targeting lifestyle as the single most important factor in the management of chronic disease. Also in 1978, and in response to the CDC recommendations, the American Psychological Association (APA) launched their division of Health Psychology (division 38). Not long after, Health Psychology organisations emerged in Europe and Australia, and now in 25 countries. Health Psychologists are either engaged in prevention and population health, or work clinically in a specific area of health such as diabetes, oncology, gastroenterology, cardiovascular disease and chronic pain. Health Psychologists are aware of, but unburdened, by a focus on psychopathology categories; the realm of the clinical psychologist. Health Psychologists consider the patient’s whole presentation including their psychosocial world, goals and needs. This fits well with a best practice, evidence based advantage for the interdisciplinary team and multimodal approach, compared to individual specialist care. Today many Health Psychologists contribute to the management of chronic illnesses. This brief presentation will expand on these ideas and introduce Lorimer Moseley in the context of the interdisciplinary team.
Biography
Dr Mike Shelley has a PhD in Health Psychology and 23 years of experience working in Chronic Pain. He has been a Director of psychology in Queensland Health, Allied Health leader in the Gold Coast Chronic Pain Services, along with working in the Mater Private Hospital Pain, Mood Disorder programs and the Townsville Hospital Pain service. He has been a sessional lecturer at James Cook University and the University of Queensland and has several publications in Health Psychology and Presentations at national and international conferences. Mike is currently the Service Director for Innervate Pain Management which delivers evidence based individual and group Interdisciplinary chronic pain treatments. Mike has a special interest in advanced pain management and the role of Health Psychology in the treatment of chronic illness. Health psychologists have the skill and a pivotal role in determining patient selection health promotion, and treatment options. Affiliations: ACI Pain Executive, PHN Clinical Advisory, Attended Eppoc national meeting in 2017, APS College Health Psychology National Executive, APS Relationships Committee, Health Psychology Supervisor.
Lorimer Moseley
Why we need a Pain Revolution & why you ought to be part of it
9:15 AM - 10:30 AMAbstract
It is 50 years since the gate control theory of pain raised the possibility that brain-generated signals might modulate incoming sensory data concerning body damage. Since then, our understanding of pain neurophysiology has advanced rapidly, such that we can now be sure that pain is not a marker of the state of body tissues, but it is a protective feeling dependent on complex processing of multiple signals at spinal and cortical levels.
Psychologists have a key role to play in preventing and treating persistent pain, which is the most burdensome health condition on the planet. However, many psychologists and other mental health specialists are not trained in pain science and as a result can fall into the same traps as their more biomedically focussed colleagues. In this lecture, I will present contemporary pain science ‘nuggets’ in the form of Key Target Concepts. I will argue that, if we are to really tackle this most burdensome of health problems, then we all need to understand contemporary pain science – without it, high value care centred on activity and psychological therapies, makes no sense. Finally, I will briefly present the Pain Revolution - a capacity building initiative aimed at community-wide education on pain and what to do about it – and how you can all get involved.
Psychologists have a key role to play in preventing and treating persistent pain, which is the most burdensome health condition on the planet. However, many psychologists and other mental health specialists are not trained in pain science and as a result can fall into the same traps as their more biomedically focussed colleagues. In this lecture, I will present contemporary pain science ‘nuggets’ in the form of Key Target Concepts. I will argue that, if we are to really tackle this most burdensome of health problems, then we all need to understand contemporary pain science – without it, high value care centred on activity and psychological therapies, makes no sense. Finally, I will briefly present the Pain Revolution - a capacity building initiative aimed at community-wide education on pain and what to do about it – and how you can all get involved.
Biography
Professor Lorimer Moseley is a clinical scientist investigating pain in humans. After posts at The University of Oxford, UK, and the University of Sydney, Lorimer was appointed Foundation Professor of Neuroscience and Chair in Physiotherapy, The Sansom Institute for Health Research at the University of South Australia. He is also Senior Principal Research Fellow at NeuRA and an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow.
He has published over 300 papers, five books and numerous book chapters. He has given over 140 keynote lectures at interdisciplinary meetings in 30 countries and has provided professional education in pain sciences to over 15,000 medical and health practitioners and 35,000 community participants. His research group’s outreach videos and articles have attracted over 3.5 million views. His contribution has been acknowledged with prizes on every continent, including the inaugural Clinical Science Prize from International Association for the Study of Pain, the NHMRC Marshall & Warren Award for the Best Innovative and Potentially Transformative Project and the American Pain Society John & Emma Bonica Prize for Public Service. He was the first Australian to give the opening plenary of the European Pain Congress or to be awarded the American Pain Society John & Emma Bonica Prize for Public Service, and he was the first physiotherapist to be made an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine (ANZCA).
Session Chair
Allison Clarke
2019 Health Committee
Volunteer
Danica Gregory
University of Adelaide
Kate Obst
University of Adelaide
Andriana Tran
University of Adelaide
