Opioids & Cancer ECHO #2: The Psychology of Pain

Taylor Crouch, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Division of C/L Psychiatry and Health Psychology; Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Virginia Commonwealth University

Objectives

1. Understand the limits of the biomedical model of pain and evidence for the biopsychosocial model
2. Describe emotional, physiological, behavioral, and sociocultural factors that influence the pain experience
3. Identify care and treatment implications of the biopsychosocial model of pain