CCCR Speaker Series: Chronic Pain and Resilience

Chronic Pain and Resilience: How Do We Harness the Power of Joy, Optimism and Love?

Join the UNC School of Medicine Thurston Arthritis Research Center for a UNC Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR) Speaker Series seminar featuring Afton Hassett, PsyD. Hassett is the Director of Pain and Opioid Research at the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center and an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Medical School.

This talk will review the role of thoughts and emotions in the neurobiology of chronic pain and explore how more adaptive thoughts, positive emotions and healthy relationships decrease the experience of pain and lead to a more rewarding life.

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