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The Psychosocial Toll of COVID-19

January 25, 2021 • By Thomas R. Collins

Experts discussed the heavy toll the pandemic has taken on patients and clinicians, with many patients in need of mental health support and others in need of rehabilitation.... [Read More]

Filed Under: ACR Convergence, Meeting Reports Tagged With: ACR Convergence 2020, Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP)

Reproductive Health, Beyond the Guidelines: Rheumatologists Must Think About Patients’ Psychosocial Needs

January 25, 2021 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Experts discuss how rheumatologists must consider the psychosocial aspect of care in the decision-making process for women when addressing their reproductive health needs, in addition to medication safety. ... [Read More]

Filed Under: ACR Convergence, Conditions, Meeting Reports Tagged With: ACR Convergence 2020, Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP), biopsychosocial, patient care, pregnancy, psychosocial

Patients Need Psychosocial Support Now More Than Ever: Q&A with Adena Batterman, MSW, LCSW

April 17, 2020 • By Susan Bernstein

How are rheumatology professionals affected by the physical distancing and other challenges presented by COVID-19? The Rheumatologist interviewed Adena Batterman, MSW, LCSW, senior manager of inflammatory arthritis support and education programs at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, to discuss how the pandemic has changed the way she and her staff maintain continuity of… [Read More]

Filed Under: Professional Topics Tagged With: Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP), coronavirus, COVID-19, mindfulness, psychosocial, social worker

Can Rheumatologists Get More Systematic about Psychosocial Care?

June 21, 2018 • By Larry Beresford

A recent position statement by the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) concludes that patients with persistent pain need better access to psychosocial care in all healthcare settings.1 The SBM offers 10 health policy recommendations for improving such access, including removing system-related barriers, providing referral tools, reimbursing for evidence-based psychosocial approaches, prioritizing generalist-level and specialist pain… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Patient Perspective Tagged With: Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP), interdisciplinary, opioid crisis, physician patient relationship, psychosocial

Persistent Pain Merits Better Access to Psychosocial Care, Group Says

February 14, 2018 • By Will Boggs MD

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—People with persistent pain need better access to psychosocial care, according to a position statement from the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM). “Psychosocial approaches to pain management need to be available for all individuals with persistent pain in all healthcare settings,” Dr. E. Amy Janke from the University of the Sciences, in… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: better access to psychosocial care, persistent pain, Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)

Skype-Based Biopsychosocial Treatments Help Save Physical Therapy Patients Time, Trouble

September 19, 2017 • By Elizabeth Hofheinz, MPH, MEd

It’s a bit ironic that when injured people are in pain—and their mobility is reduced—they are often expected to travel to a physical therapy clinic. For millions of people, such trips are a burden. In Australia, however, some patients are “letting movement come to them.” Novel research from The University of Melbourne shows that taking… [Read More]

Filed Under: Practice Management, Technology Tagged With: biopsychosocial, Exercise, Internet, online, Pain Management, patient care, Physical Therapy, Practice Management, Research, Skype, study, Treatment

Where Mental Health & Rheumatology Overlap

June 13, 2022 • By Katie Robinson

Where Mental Health & Rheumatology Overlap

Because rheumatologists and mental health experts both treat patients with depression, anxiety, pain, disability and sleep disorders, provider cross-training may benefit patients and providers themselves. “When a patient has active psychosocial distress, this has a negative effect on their physical function. Similarly, if a patient has active physical symptoms, like a rheumatoid arthritis flare, this… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Guidelines Tagged With: Depression, Mental Health, mind-body therapy, psycho-social

Diagnosing & Caring for Patients with Fibromyalgia

May 19, 2022 • By Lara C. Pullen, PhD

Doebl et al. compared the effect of symptoms and the healthcare use of people with fibromyalgia with those who fulfilled the criteria for fibromyalgia but had not been diagnosed and those with chronic pain. They found patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia reported the poorest healthcare experiences and were more likely than other study participants to be unemployed due to health issues. Their findings reveal an urgent need exists for a model of care for patients with fibromyalgia. ... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: Arthritis Care & Research, Chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, Pain, Pain Management, patient care

How Pediatric Rheumatologists Are Moving Lupus Research Forward

November 23, 2021 • By Elizabeth Sloan, MD

In the 2021 Edmund L. Dubois, MD, Memorial Lectureship, Aimee Hersh, MD, discussed her work on defining research priorities in pediatric lupus.... [Read More]

Filed Under: ACR Convergence, Conditions, Meeting Reports, SLE (Lupus) Tagged With: acr convergence, ACR Convergence 2021, ACR Convergence 2021 – SLE, childhood-onset SLE, Pediatric, Pediatric Rheumatology, SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Tackling Multicomplexity in Aging Patients with RA

November 22, 2021 • By Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD

Two sessions at ACR Convergence 2021 addressed a holistic approach to taking care of older patients with RA & other rheumatic diseases.... [Read More]

Filed Under: ACR Convergence, Conditions, Meeting Reports, Rheumatoid Arthritis Tagged With: ACR Convergence 2021, ACR Convergence 2021 – RA, age, elderly, multicomplexity, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

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