Subramanian K, Rose S D
School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-0411.
Health Soc Work. 1988 Winter;13(1):49-60. doi: 10.1093/hsw/13.1.49.
The severity and prevalence of chronic pain is a growing concern for all health care professionals. An outpatient program that offered cognitive-behavioral coping skills training in a group setting was studied as a possible social work treatment for chronic pain patients, and the results were encouraging. Such treatments usually are available only in hospital pain clinics and research centers, which reduce treatment availability to patients in other settings. Social workers could provide services in a wider variety of settings to a large and growing population. As social workers realize the continuous interplay of physical, emotional, and cognitive factors in the experience of pain, they will identify appropriate practice roles for working with chronic pain patients.
慢性疼痛的严重程度和普遍性日益引起所有医疗保健专业人员的关注。一项在小组环境中提供认知行为应对技能培训的门诊项目作为慢性疼痛患者可能的社会工作治疗方法进行了研究，结果令人鼓舞。此类治疗通常仅在医院疼痛诊所和研究中心提供，这降低了其他环境中患者获得治疗的可能性。社会工作者可以在更广泛的环境中为大量且不断增长的人群提供服务。随着社会工作者认识到身体、情感和认知因素在疼痛体验中的持续相互作用，他们将确定与慢性疼痛患者合作的适当实践角色。
