Research

Research Studies and Academic Articles

Specific to CHYP

• Photovoice study
  Photography as a tool for teens with chronic pain
• Songs of Love and Chronic Pain
  Benefits of music for pain management

Creative Therapies and Arts

• Effectiveness of art therapy with pediatric populations affected by medical health conditions: a systematic review
  Review of art therapy for multiple conditions
• Music as therapy
  Explores music as a low cost intervention with direct physiologic effects through the autonomic nervous system as well as indirect effects by modifying caregiver behavior. Research supporting that music effectively reduces anxiety and improves mood. 
• Comparing Three Music Therapy Interventions for Anxiety and Relaxation in Youth With Amplified Pain
  Study to examine the effects of 3 specific music therapy interventions (active music engagement, live patient-selected music, and music-assisted relaxation) on anxiety and relaxation levels in youth in an interdisciplinary program dealing with chronic pain
• Connecting parents of children with chronic pain through art therapy
  Art therapy as a benefit for parents
• Vocal Music Therapy for Chronic Pain
  Vocal music as a tool for better self-management of pain, enhanced psychological well-being, and stronger social and spiritual connections
• Creative Art: Connection to Health and Well-Being
  Discussion of : 1) Creative Art Activities and Health; 2) Receptive and Participatory Engagement: Well-Being and Social Connectedness; 3) Health and Well-being in Later Stages of Life; 4) Art therapy and Children; 5) Creativity and Well-Being during COVID-19; 6) Specific Art Therapies and Their Beneficial Effects.
• Transdiagnostic Treatment for teens with chronic pain and overlapping depression and anxiety
  Study of unified treatment approaches, based on emotion regulation skills, applicable to a broad range of emotional disorders and the possibility of extending these interventions to chronic pain and pain-related dysfunction
• Creating Mandalas for the Management of Acute Pain Symptoms in Pediatric Patients
  Positive results implementing a fast-acting mandala intervention to reduce physical pain and psychological anxiety in children
• Art Therapy and the Visual Voice
  Published thesis focusing on the visual voice with pediatric palliative care
• Art therapy techniques to improve coping strategies in children 7-18 years old with a chronic disease
  Published thesis in french, with english translation available
• A case study on the effects of the creative art therapy with stretching and walking meditation—Focusing on the improvement of emotional expression and alleviation of somatisation symptoms in a neurasthenic adolescent - ScienceDirect
  Single case study combining art and mindfulness activities for symptom relief

General studies, pediatric and adolescent chronic pain

• Chronic pain in children: structural and resting-state functional brain imaging within a developmental perspective
  The potential impact of chronic pain on brain development
• Parental Bonding in Adolescents With and Without Chronic Pain
  The importance of considering parental bonding and adolescent depression in pediatric chronic pain
• Sleep Quality, Affect, Pain, and Disability in Children With Chronic Pain: Is Affect a Mediator or Moderator?
  The relationship between poor sleep quality and chronic pain
• Mother-child concordance for pain location in a pediatric chronic pain sample
  Study that found parent assessments of children's pain do not necessarily mimic their child's report
• Treatment of chronic pain in children and adolescents
  Highlights include: Combinations of medication along with nonpharmacologic treatments, such as physical therapy, psychological interventions and complementary therapies, are often the most effective ways of treating chronic pain rather than medication alone

Economics of Pain

• The Price of Pain: The Economics of Chronic Adolescent Pain
  Explores the economic burden of chronic adolescent pain on society.