Chronic pain has a highly negative impact on Veterans, especially those with serious mental illness (SMI). Chronic pain leads to poorer mental health and physical functioning, and represents a critical obstacle to rehabilitation and recovery. Despite known high prevalence rates of chronic pain in SMI populations, there is little research to: a) evaluate nonpharmacological pain management strategies in this population, and b) examine directional relations between chronic pain and SMI symptoms. This study aims to address research and clinical gaps by: a) testing the feasibility and acceptability of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP) - a VA evidence-based psychotherapy for chronic pain - in Veterans with SMI, and b) better assessing the complex relation between chronic pain and psychiatric symptoms and their impact on functioning. Results from this study will inform us as to whether CBT-CP is feasible to implement, acceptable to Veterans with SMI, and worth examining in its standard or in an optimized form in a larger clinical trial.
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Participant Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)
Timeframe: Participants will be assessed following completion of the study intervention, an expected average of 10 weeks
Service Satisfaction Scale (SSS-30)
Timeframe: Participants will be assessed following completion of the study intervention, an expected average of 10 weeks
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP) Feasibility
Timeframe: Data will be gathered from each participant through intervention completion, an average of 10 weeks