A landmark review shows cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) reduces the emotional burden of pain and makes measurable changes in brain activity.

Background Globally, around 30% of people live with long-term (‘chronic’) pain, with known impact on wellbeing, economic and social lives. Despite increasing attention to contextual and psychosocial a...

Over the summer we ran an activity where we asked those living with chronic or persistent pain to take part in a unique creative opportunity to share a moment from their day. We had a diverse …

BackgroundMultiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system, most commonly affecting individuals in early adulthood. Uncertainty abo...

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In this post Diego Vitali and Amanda Williams explore some of challenges and opportunities of using existing longitudinal cohort studies to measure the impact of chronic pain. These studies capture…

Sex hormones seem to have profound effects, but research mostly avoids the question of sex.