Mayumi Oguchi MPsychol(Clin)
Mayumi Oguchi, clinical psychologist at the Michael J Cousins Pain Management Research Centre, recently presented her paper titled “Psychologically based interventions for adults with chronic neuropathic pain: a scoping review” to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, who have now published this work in the June 2024 edition, along with the “Editor’s Choice” tag.
Mayumi joins several of her colleagues at the Pain Centre and Laboratory in recent months to have work published in a globally-recognised journal. This follows her poster-presentation at the International Congress on Neuropathic Pain in Lisbon last September.
Mayumi is also a PhD candidate at The University of Sydney, School of Medicine, being sponored proudly by TDM Growth Partners and the Pain Foundation.
Conclusions (quoted from her article)
Cognitive-behavioral therapy was the most common therapeutic approach identified, whereas mindfulness/meditation was the most frequently used technique. Almost half to two-thirds of the studies reported significant improvements in pain, disability, or distress, which suggests that psychologically based interventions are potentially beneficial for adults with chronic NeuP. An updated systematic review seems warranted.
This important work helps the research team to accurately identify what injured people find most difficulty during the recovery period so that we can create targeted programs to help improve recovery. The work explores the idea that people often find a lack of information about the claims process to be distressing and that the experience of making a claim can be confusing and isolating. The research team are working hard to develop and test early intervention programs to help people to navigate the claims process and manage their pain in the time following injury.
Many thanks to Mayumi’s review team: Prof Michael Nicholas, Dr Duncan Sanders, C/Prof Paul Wrigley, Dr Ali Asghari, and …..
