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PAIN5027: Psychologically Informed Pain Management

2025 unit information

This unit explores the importance of considering psychological variables and implementing person centred treatment in pain management. The bio-psychosocial model of chronic pain is revisited and the implications for interdisciplinary interventions are discussed. The evidence for interventions based on psychological principles is critically examined and implementation of these interventions in a range of clinical settings is explored.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Medicine and Health

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit Postgrad Coursework - SMS
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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PAIN5011 or PAIN5016
Assumed knowledge:
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None

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Semester 2 2025
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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