From Pain to Suffering: Determining the Driving Factors of Burden and Disability in Chronic Pain

Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent and disabling conditions worldwide. Despite the devastating impact that chronic pain can have in limiting quality of life, we still have not yet been able to provide effective strategies to alleviate its burdens and understand its nature from a scientific perspective. However, mounting evidence substantiates that persistent or recurrent pain does not neatly correspond to the suffering that accompanies it. Therefore, a promising strategy for future research is to focus less on the pain and more on the aspect of suffering itself. The aim of the proposed conference is to motivate this shift in debate, both theoretically and practically, and to prepare the ground to better understand the driving factors of the burden and disability in chronic pain. Addressing this challenge is a genuine interdisciplinary endeavour bringing together philosophers, quantitative and qualitative researchers, as well as clinical practitioners.

Participation in the conference is free of charge. Registration is open until the 21st of April 2024.

• 02.05.2024 12:30:00 - Talks by Sabrina Coninx, Michael Brady, Fredrik Svenaeus, Sascha Fink
• 03.05.2024 10:00:00 - Talks by Henning Reimann, Leonie Korban, Christian Büchel, Markus Ploner
• 04.05.2024 10:00:00 - Talks by Susanna Asseyer, Stefan Büchi, Peter Stilwell, Anna-Christin Willert

Talks

• Sabrina Coninx (VU Amsterdam)
  Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Michael Brady (University of Glasgow)
  Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Fredrik Svenaeus (Södertörn University)
  Stockholm, Sweden

• Sascha Fink (Magdeburg University)
  Magdeburg, Germany

• Henning Reimann (Max Delbrück Center)
  Berlin, Germany

• Smadar Bustan (Institut Curie)
  Saint-Cloud, France

• Leonie Korban (Center for Neuroscience Research)
  Lyon, France

• Christian Büchel (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)
  Hamburg, Germany

• Markus Ploner (Technical University Munich)
  Munich, Germany

• Susanna Asseyer (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
  Berlin, Germany

• Stefan Büchi (University of Zurich)
  Zurich, Switzerland

• Peter Stilwell (University of Southern Denmark)
  Odense, Denmark

• Anna-Christin Willert (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
  Berlin, Germany

Links

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