The VA has taken a more holistic approach to pain, opting for a multi-modal approach to address the myriad of factors involved in pain management. After decades of relying on opioids, this change has not been an easy task.
September is Pain Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and support those living with chronic pain — especially veterans and service members. Here are five ways you can get involved, with links to veteran-focused resources.
The Building Better Caregivers program at the VA supports those who are caring for veterans with dementia, memory loss, PTSD, traumatic brain injuries or other serious health conditions.
The 2025 PMC Steering Committee meeting provided the opportunity for PMC trial investigators to reveal early findings from their pragmatic clinical trials and established a forum for shared learning and discussion of ongoing and future opportunities.
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The NIH HEAL Initiative is soliciting applications to conduct efficient, large-scale pragmatic clinical trials and/or implementation science demonstration projects within the infrastructure of the NIH-DOD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory (PMC). Study nonopioid approaches to the management of pain and other comorbid conditions, including complementary and integrative approaches used alone and in combination with standard care.
The principal results of the first completed Pain Management Collaboratory clinical trial has been published.
The Pain Management Collaboratory (PMC) is delighted to share plans for sponsoring a special series of presentations as part of the VA Spotlight on Pain Management (SoPM) Cyberseminar series that will highlight the accomplishments and future initiatives of the Collaboratory.
In light of the global pandemic, IASP’s flagship journal, PAIN ®, is seeking submissions relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guided by the Healthy People 2030 framework, the Journal of Pain and Health Psychology are collaborating on companion special issues focused on pain disparities. With this joint effort, the journals aim to stimulate innovative scholarship that reaches a broad audience across the biological, psychological, social, and implementation sciences.