In this episode, Glyn and Konrad initially discuss a symposium in Halifax, Canada they both attended about readiness for change prior to attending a pain management programme. Many young people find it difficult to make the transition from thinking about their chronic pain as an acute problem to a chronic problem. The strategies for dealing with either are very different. Not all young people are ready to make such a change in their thinking. The question is how we prepare young people better for their intensive rehabilitation programmes. Glyn talks about one of the studies that has one of the potential solutions.

Following on from this, we talk to Navil Sethna, who is the Clinical Director, Mayo Family Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center and Professor of Anesthesiology Harvard Medical School Boston Children’s Hospital. Navil talks about how he got involved in pain, how he set up the first interdisciplinary pain management service for children in the world, some of the basic requirements of pain management programmes, and which children are more likely to benefit from programmes.

Authors:

Dr Glyn Williams is a Consultant paediatric anaesthetist and lead for the pain management service at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.

Dr Konrad Jacobs is a Consultant clinical psychologist and rehabilitation lead for the Oxford Centre for Children and Young People in Pain. Twitter: @konradjacobs

Contact

Please email Glyn and Konrad with comments and feedback: [email protected]

Follow Konrad on twitter: @konradjacobs

Podcast reference (APA style):

Jacobs, K. and Williams, G. (Hosts). (2023, November 15). What a Pain. (No.9) [Audio podcast episode].Interdisciplinary pain programmes.

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