Brooke E Palmer, Megan L Petrik, Rachel D Barnes, Janet L Thomas, William N Robiner
{"title":"Health Psychology Consultation in Inpatient Medical Settings: Physicians' Perspectives and Preferences.","authors":"Brooke E Palmer, Megan L Petrik, Rachel D Barnes, Janet L Thomas, William N Robiner","doi":"10.1007/s10880-025-10075-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-025-10075-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Authors sought to elucidate physician perspectives of a health psychology inpatient consultation service to refine practices in addressing physicians' and patients' needs. Invitations to participate in an anonymous online survey were sent to credentialed physicians at an academic medical center in the Midwest. Twelve survey items assessed topics such: perceptions of medical inpatients' behavioral health needs; factors affecting referrals for consultation; types of services needed; preferences for communication; confidence in making referrals to health psychology; and contributions of psychologists beyond patient care. Forty-nine physicians from 12 medical and surgical services completed the survey. Nearly half believed that hospitalized patients could benefit from psychological consultation. Physicians had varied understanding of differences between the roles and services of psychology and other disciplines that address mental and behavioral health. Barriers to referral for consultation included insufficient integration with medical teams and longer wait times to complete consultations. Physicians appreciated direct conversation with health psychology consultants to discuss recommendations for patient care versus exclusive reliance on communication in the electronic medical record. Health psychology consultation is recognized by physicians as a valuable clinical service enhancing inpatient care and as providing additional institutional (e.g., educational) benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":15494,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143692332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cognitive Impairments in Two Samples of Individuals with ME/CFS and Long COVID: A Comparative Analysis.","authors":"Zoe Sirotiak, Jenna L Adamowicz, Emily B K Thomas","doi":"10.1007/s10880-025-10074-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-025-10074-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cognitive impairments, including memory and concentration difficulties, are common in individuals with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID. These conditions frequently co-occur, but it remains unclear how cognitive difficulties differ between individuals with ME/CFS, long COVID, both, or neither. The purpose of this study was to examine cognitive impairment presence and type for individuals with and without these conditions. Data from the 2022 and 2023 National Health Interview Survey were analyzed. Participants included 27,512 and 29,404 U.S. adults in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Survey weights and variance estimation variables were utilized and multivariate logistic regression models assessed the likelihood of cognitive difficulty, accounting for sociodemographics and shared variance. Participants from both cohorts were primarily female, white, and non-Hispanic/Latine, with an average age of 48.1 years in both cohorts. ME/CFS (aOR 6.18; 95% CI 4.82-7.93; aOR 5.33; 95% CI 4.04-7.05) and long COVID (aOR 2.01; 95% CI 1.67-2.44; aOR 2.16; 95% CI 1.82-2.56) were significantly associated with reported cognitive difficulties, after controlling for the other condition and sociodemographic factors. Individuals with ME/CFS, particularly those with comorbid long COVID, are especially prone to memory and concentration difficulties.</p>","PeriodicalId":15494,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143692331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Travis A Loughran, Jacob L Scharer, Dezarie Moskal, Jennifer S Funderburk, Katherine A Buckheit, Gregory P Beehler
{"title":"VA Primary Care Patients with Chronic Pain: A Comparison of Healthcare Utilization and Patient Characteristics Across Alcohol Risk Categories.","authors":"Travis A Loughran, Jacob L Scharer, Dezarie Moskal, Jennifer S Funderburk, Katherine A Buckheit, Gregory P Beehler","doi":"10.1007/s10880-025-10072-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-025-10072-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chronic pain is common in primary care and can be influenced by alcohol use. Co-occurring pain and at-risk alcohol use is associated with poor outcomes, but the prevalence of this co-occurrence is less well understood. This study aims to establish the prevalence of at-risk alcohol use in a sample of VA primary care patients with chronic pain, and determine health characteristics and care utilization of these patients. Eligible VA primary care patients with a musculoskeletal condition (n = 47,091) were classified as at risk, low risk, or abstainers based on responses to annual alcohol screening. Differences across groups in demographics, comorbid health conditions, health factors, and healthcare encounters were assessed. 45.7% of participants were abstainers, 38.5% were low risk, and 15.8% were at risk. Comparisons revealed abstainers to have higher frequencies of health conditions, as well as higher rates of emergency department and primary care utilization. At-risk patients had the highest rate of overall healthcare utilization and, when compared directly to low-risk patients, were more likely to be diagnosed with many physical and mental health conditions. Primary care teams will benefit from considering the impact of alcohol when treating patients with chronic pain. Further prioritization of integrated primary care is recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":15494,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143624934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christina Weckwerth, Robert Gaschler, Uwe Hamsen, Aileen Spieckermann, Thomas Armin Schildhauer, Oliver Cruciger, Christian Waydhas, Christopher Ull
{"title":"Feeling Trapped and Optimistic: Current Rather than Prospective Medical Conditions Dominate Self-Reported Emotions and Appraisals in Mechanically Ventilated Spinal Cord Injury Patients.","authors":"Christina Weckwerth, Robert Gaschler, Uwe Hamsen, Aileen Spieckermann, Thomas Armin Schildhauer, Oliver Cruciger, Christian Waydhas, Christopher Ull","doi":"10.1007/s10880-025-10065-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-025-10065-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adverse medical conditions can involve present and expected future restrictions as a double burden: mechanically ventilated patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), on the one hand, face pain and communication restrictions. On the other hand, they are confronted with significant changes in their future life perspective. While past research on emotion and appraisals has studied SCI patients alone or in comparison with healthy controls, the current work disentangles the potential impact of (a) the adverse current state and (b) expected future restrictions by comparing mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients with vs. without SCI in eye-tracking-based self-reports on emotions and appraisals. Results suggest that patients of either group could provide faceted accounts of their current state, such as feeling trapped and insecure. However, the feedback that SCI and other ICU patients gave was similar, suggesting that current adversities dominate self-reports.</p>","PeriodicalId":15494,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143624930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marc Heise, Josef I Ruzek, Nancy Haug, Matthew J Cordova
{"title":"Grit and Chronic Pain: Associations with Distress, Catastrophizing, Interference, and Control.","authors":"Marc Heise, Josef I Ruzek, Nancy Haug, Matthew J Cordova","doi":"10.1007/s10880-025-10073-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-025-10073-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Individuals with chronic pain frequently experience emotional distress, negative beliefs, functional limitations, and poor sense of control. Grit, the ability to persist toward goals through passion and perseverance, has been linked to enhanced coping in chronic medical conditions but has received limited attention in the context of chronic pain. This cross-sectional study evaluated the relationship of grit to adjustment in participants with chronic pain (N = 58). Controlling for pain severity, conscientiousness, and neuroticism, greater grit was associated with lower pain catastrophizing (p = .000) and pain interference (p = .02) and greater life control (p = .02); grit was not significantly related to pain distress (p = .07). Prospective, longitudinal research on the relationship between grit and pain outcomes is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":15494,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143624932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predictors of Illness Behavior in Turkish Women with Cardiovascular Disease: The Role of Health Anxiety and Cyberchondria.","authors":"Haluk Furkan Sahan, Fatma Uslu-Sahan, Basak Sahin","doi":"10.1007/s10880-025-10071-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-025-10071-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to determine whether illness behavior in women with cardiovascular disease varied based on specific sociodemographic characteristics and to explore the effect of health anxiety and cyberchondria on the level of illness behavior. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 255 women with cardiovascular disease who applied to the cardiology outpatient clinic of a state hospital in Turkey between June and August 2023. Data were collected using personal information forms, such as the Scale for the Assessment of Illness Behavior, Health Anxiety Scale, and Cyberchondria Severity Scale. The data were analyzed using ANOVA, t-test, Pearson correlation, and hierarchical linear regression. The study determined that the participants' illness behavior levels differed according to some sociodemographic characteristics (p < .05). Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that education above university level (β = - 0.276), rhythm disorder diagnosis (β = - 0.100), health anxiety (β = - 0.441), and cyberchondria (β = - 0.141) were predictors of illness behavior (p < .05). These variables explained 40% of the variance in illness behavior. Sociodemographic characteristics, health anxiety, and cyberchondria should be considered when planning health services for women with heart disease to reduce abnormal illness behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":15494,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143597089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maureen T S Burns, Allison M Smith, Carolina Donado, Morgan Mitcheson, Sarah M Nelson
{"title":"Pain-Related and Psychosocial Functioning in Gender-Diverse Youth with Chronic Pain Prior to and Following the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Maureen T S Burns, Allison M Smith, Carolina Donado, Morgan Mitcheson, Sarah M Nelson","doi":"10.1007/s10880-025-10069-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-025-10069-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The health disparities experienced by gender-diverse youth have not yet been adequately examined within specific pediatric populations, such as chronic pain. Furthermore, such disparities need to be examined within the context of the COVID-19 global pandemic, a time when clinicians observed an increase in gender-diverse patients seeking care for pediatric chronic pain. The goal of this study is to better understand the clinical pain-related and psychosocial presentation of gender-diverse youth who sought treatment for chronic pain prior to and following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Deidentified intake data were identified using the data repository of an outpatient multidisciplinary pain clinic at a tertiary hospital between December 2017 and November 2023. Descriptive data and the comparison of the gender-diverse patients presenting before and following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are presented. Gender-diverse participants with pediatric chronic pain generally reported psychological functioning within the \"moderate\" range and pain-related measures in the \"elevated\" range. No significant differences were found between youth presenting for care prior to and following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. 92% of the sample was seen following the start of the pandemic. Far more gender-diverse participants sought treatment for chronic pain following the start of the pandemic. More research, including qualitative data about patient experiences, is needed to ensure pain providers are offering affirming care.</p>","PeriodicalId":15494,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143597086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Disclosure on Enacted Stigma Towards Individuals with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.","authors":"Chalé M Jacks, Lauren A Stutts","doi":"10.1007/s10880-025-10070-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-025-10070-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often experience stigmatization. Disease disclosure has been associated with lower enacted stigma (i.e., engaging in discriminatory treatment), but minimal research has investigated IBD disclosure and enacted stigma experimentally. The present study's aim was to examine the effect of IBD disclosure on enacted stigma in a vignette paradigm. Participants included 244 adults from the United States who were randomized into one of three vignette groups: disclosure of IBD, non-disclosure of IBD, and control (no IBD). Vignettes in both IBD groups depicted a person with frequent bowel movements. Each vignette group contained a workplace, social, and recreational setting. Participants completed measures of enacted stigma, IBD knowledge, and IBD familiarity after reading the vignettes. Participants reported greater propensity to enact stigma in response to vignettes depicting non-disclosure of IBD than vignettes depicting disclosure of IBD or no IBD and for vignettes depicting the recreational setting compared to the workplace and social setting. Enacted stigma was negatively correlated with IBD knowledge. Disease disclosure may result in decreased stigma from others. Furthermore, educating the public about IBD may be beneficial for reducing enacted stigma towards individuals with IBD.</p>","PeriodicalId":15494,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143556988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current Landscape of Child and Adolescent Psychology Internship Programs and Implications for Workforce Development.","authors":"Laura J Dilly, William G Sharp, Valerie Volkert","doi":"10.1007/s10880-024-10033-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10880-024-10033-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Doctoral psychology internships play a key role in the development of the competencies of the clinical child and adolescent psychologist workforce needed to serve the increasing behavioral and mental health needs of children. This study surveyed 50 internship training directors regarding workforce needs, the structure of experiential internship components, and the organizational infrastructure and funding of internship programs that provide focused care to children and adolescents within medical settings. Findings suggest that internships most commonly occur within academic medical settings and include clinical child psychology, integrated care, pediatric psychology, neuropsychology, and developmental disabilities tracks. On average, sites had 6 interns, 3 tracks, and 4 major rotations per track. Training directors identified program funding to be the greatest barrier to sustaining internship programs. Currently, internships are funded through clinical revenue, grants, and organizational funds covering an average intern salary of $31,020 plus benefits as well as 0.3 FTE of a training director's time to administrate the program. The number of internship tracks within a single program was associated with greater administrative time for the training director. Implications for advocacy at the federal, state, profession, and institutional level to increase funding and decrease barriers to training are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":15494,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings","volume":" ","pages":"182-191"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141751860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samantha Reese, Madeline H Bono, Diana B Díaz, Kristine A Donovan, Olle Jane Z Sahler, Marie E Barnett, Kristine Levonyan-Radloff, Katie A Devine
{"title":"Stop and Think: A Case Study Illustrating the Implementation of Bright IDEAS-YA Being Delivered via Telehealth to a Young Adult Cancer Patient.","authors":"Samantha Reese, Madeline H Bono, Diana B Díaz, Kristine A Donovan, Olle Jane Z Sahler, Marie E Barnett, Kristine Levonyan-Radloff, Katie A Devine","doi":"10.1007/s10880-024-10004-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10880-024-10004-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bright IDEAS-Young Adults (Bright IDEAS-YA) is a problem-solving skills training intervention that has been adapted for young adults with cancer. Presently, a multisite randomized control trial is being conducted to determine Bright IDEAS-YA's efficacy in supporting a young adult population. This case study demonstrates the young adult adaptation of Bright IDEAS - Bright IDEAS-YA - being delivered to a young adult cancer patient via telehealth. Telehealth is a novel delivery method for Bright IDEAS and Bright IDEAS-YA that was established due to COVID-19 safety precautions. The patient, who reported challenges in several life domains, was taught how to apply the Bright IDEAS-YA framework over six telehealth sessions. After completing the Bright IDEAS-YA framework, the patient reported increased feelings of confidence in managing new stressors, which was corroborated through outcome measures delivered during and following intervention. This case illustrates how early psychosocial intervention following a cancer diagnosis, delivered via telehealth, can help patients develop and implement personal strategies to reduce stress levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":15494,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings","volume":" ","pages":"131-136"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11403064/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140140278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}