Death by suicide is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Because individuals
with chronic pain are at least twice as likely to report suicidal behaviors or to complete …

Our understanding of chronic pain involves complex brain circuits that include sensory,
emotional, cognitive and interoceptive processing. The feed-forward interactions between …

Objective To examine the associations between stopping treatment with opioids, length of
treatment, and death from overdose or suicide in the Veterans Health Administration. Design …

Description: In May 2022, leadership within the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and
US Department of Defense (DoD) approved a joint clinical practice guideline for the use of …

Within a biopsychosocial framework, psychological factors are thought to play an important
role in the onset and progression of chronic pain. The cognitive-behavioral fear-avoidance …

Concerns about opioid-related adverse events, including overdose, prompted the Veterans
Health Administration (VHA) to launch an Opioid Safety Initiative and Overdose Education …

This manuscript describes a 3-tier approach presented to Congress. Tier 1 includes an
aggressive education campaign geared toward the public, physicians, and patients. Tier 2 …

Objectives To further our understanding of the relationship between Adverse Childhood
Experiences (ACEs) and suicidal behaviour, this study investigates the association between …

Pain and alcohol use are both highly prevalent in the general population, and pain–alcohol
interrelations are of increasing empirical interest. Previous research has identified …

Although the relationship between physical pain and suicidal thoughts and behaviors has
been explored in multiple epidemiologic and clinical studies, it is still far from being well …