Purpose-Filled Life: Spiritual Considerations in the Management of Pain

Anahita Kalianivala, PhD, is a clinical pain psychology fellow in the Division of Pain Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. During the February 2020 Pain Science Lecture Series, she speaks on a "Purpose-filled life: Spiritual Considerations in the Management of Pain."
The Pain Science Lecture Series was created in 2016 by Heather Poupore-King, PhD, a Stanford clinical associate professor in the division of pain medicine and pain psychologist, to provide community-based education about chronic pain. These free monthly series are presented by Stanford pain medicine and pain psychology fellows and focus on various topics, including biological, psychological, behavioral and social factors as they relate to the experience of chronic pain.
0:00 Introduction
1:40 Biopsychosocial Model of Pain
6:32 Spirituality as Concept
7:59 Religious/Spiritual Identity in U.S.
9:27 Belief in God
10:22 Religion/Spirituality & Health
15:41 Religious Coping among Pain Patients
17:48 Does R/S Coping Work?
21:00 Patterns of R/S Coping
22:35 Specific Coping Strategies
27:30 Potential Pathways
31:19 Meaning Making & The Brain
36:12 Meditation as R/S Coping
36:57 Meaning is key with Chronic Pain
39:25 Strategies to Increase R/S Coping