Biopsychosocial Factors in Complex Claims for Disability Compensation

Kertay, Les; Pendergrass, Thomas M.

doi:10.1007/0-387-28919-4_22

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“…82 It covaries with social features of people's earlier histories and current circumstances and studies using experimental designs demonstrate a causal role for social variables. Being identified as belonging to a socially marginalized group 21 , 22 or involved in a disability compensation claim 83 , 84 are associated with more pain and challenges in accessing pain management. Well‐controlled laboratory studies demonstrate potent effects on research participants of social models who represent themselves as tolerant or intolerant of pain, not only on self‐report and nonverbal expressions of pain of observers, but on measures of the physiological response, and psychophysical measures of pain sensitivity.…”

Section: Should Cognition and Social Features Be Acknowledged As Core...mentioning

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What is pain: Are cognitive and social features core components?

Craig

MacKenzie

2021

Paediatric and Neonatal Pain

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Pain is a universal experience, but it has been challenging to adequately define. The revised definition of pain recently published by the International Association for the Study of Pain addressed important shortcomings of the previous version; however, it remains narrow in its focus on sensory and emotional features of pain, failing to capture the substantial roles of cognitive and social core components of the experience and their importance to advances in pain management. This paper reviews evidence and theoretical models for the significant role social and cognitive factors play in pain experience and we argue that without explicit recognition of these core components in the definition, significant nuances are lost at a cost to understanding and clinical management of pain. A focus on sensory and emotional features perpetuates biomedical interventions and research, whereas recognition of cognitive and social features supports a multidimensional model of pain, advances in interdisciplinary care, and the benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy and self‐management interventions. We also explore the six Key Notes that accompany the new definition of pain, discuss their application to the understanding of pain in childhood, and, in doing so, further explore social and cognitive implications. Considerations are also described for assessment and treatment of pain in pediatric populations.

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Section: Should Cognition and Social Features Be Acknowledged As Core...mentioning

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What is pain: Are cognitive and social features core components?

Craig

MacKenzie

2021

Paediatric and Neonatal Pain

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“…When people require DB support for health‐related unemployment, a complex biopsychosocial phenomenon is evident; readiness to return to work is restricted by the complex interplay of health condition, health related beliefs/attitudes and the economic‐social‐cultural context (Kertay and Pendergrass ). Clearly, being unemployed for a health reason is different to being unemployed solely due to lack of available work, with a schism in associated need.…”

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The Influence of Presenting Health Condition on Eventual Return to Work for Individuals Receiving Health‐Related Welfare Benefits

Purdie

Kellett

2015

Soc Policy Adm

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There is currently insufficient research guiding policymakers concerning the influence of the presenting health condition of disability welfare recipients on both their receptivity to health intervention and potential eventual return to work. In the current study, all participants were unemployed and claiming disability welfare, due to either physical (N = 1,463) or mental health conditions (N = 2,352). Intervention consisted of a voluntary and pan‐health condition seven‐session group psycho‐educational programme. Groups aimed to increase health condition management skills to enable return to work and this research therefore provided evidence concerning the effectiveness of a ‘health‐first’ policy approach. Data was routinely gathered as a means of evaluating the effectiveness of the programme. Employment and psychological outcomes were longitudinally tracked at four time points: pre‐intervention, post‐intervention, at short‐term (three months) and long‐term (12–30 months) follow‐up. Results illustrate that at a group level participants with mental health conditions were more likely to return to work in both the short and long term and to achieve a greater degree of psychological change over the course of the intervention. At an individual level, higher rates of physical health participants met the criteria for psychological recovery during the intervention. The results of the study are discussed in terms of methodological concerns, how to maximize employment outcomes for welfare recipients who present with differing health conditions and the associated policy implications.

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Biopsychosocial Factors in Complex Claims for Disability Compensation

Cited by 2 publications

References 29 publications

What is pain: Are cognitive and social features core components?

What is pain: Are cognitive and social features core components?

The Influence of Presenting Health Condition on Eventual Return to Work for Individuals Receiving Health‐Related Welfare Benefits

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