Full Citations

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  1. Mailis, A., Deshpande, A. & Lakha, S.F. Long term outcomes of chronic pain patients attending a publicly funded community-based interdisciplinary pain program in the Greater Toronto area: results of a practice-based audit. J Patient Rep Outcomes 6, 44 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-022-00452-z
  2. Townsend et al. (2008). "A longitudinal study of the efficacy of a comprehensive pain rehabilitation program with opioid withdrawal." Pain, 140(1):172–182. (Mayo Clinic)
  3. Lindsey M. Dorflinger, Christopher Ruser, John Sellinger, Ellen L. Edens, Robert D. Kerns, William C. Becker, Integrating Interdisciplinary Pain Management into Primary Care: Development and Implementation of a Novel Clinical Program, Pain Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2014, Pages 2046–2054, https://doi.org/10.1111/pme.12554
  4. Davin et al. (2025). "Health care utilization patterns of patients enrolled in an interdisciplinary program for back pain." North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ), 21:100584. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666548425000046

Please note, the 77% figure of patients self-reporting improvement from the first study was measured on program exit.

Nutrition Posters

Nutrition and Pain‍

1. Dong HJ, Wahl A, Henström Engblom M, Löf M, Kocanda L, Brain K. Nutrition care in pain rehabilitation-success and lessons from practice. Pain Manag. 2025 Dec;15(12):1027-1033. doi: 10.1080/17581869.2025.2567836. Epub 2025 Oct 1. PMID: 41031898; PMCID: PMC12674314.

2. Elma, Ö., Brain, K., & Dong, H.-J. (2022). The Importance of Nutrition as a Lifestyle Factor in Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(19), 5950. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11195950

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Sleep and Nutrition

3. Godos, J., Grosso, G., Castellano, S., Galvano, F., Caraci, F., & Ferri, R. (2021). Association between diet and sleep quality: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 57, 101430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101430

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Anti-inflammatory

4. Reyneke, G. L., Lambert, K., & Beck, E. J. (2026). Dietary patterns associated with anti-inflammatory effects: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Nutrition Reviews, 84(6), 1167–1192. https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuaf104

5. van Zonneveld, S. M., van den Oever, E. J., Haarman, B. C. M., Grandjean, E. L., Nuninga, J. O., van de Rest, O., & Sommer, I. E. C. (2024). An anti-inflammatory diet and its potential benefit for individuals with mental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Nutrients, 16(16), 2646. An Anti-Inflammatory Diet and Its Potential Benefit for Individuals with Mental Disorders and Neurod…

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Balanced Nutrition

6. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition, in collaboration with Harvard Health Publications (Harvard Medical School). Healthy Eating Plate. 2011.

Behavioral Health Posters

Healing the Whole Person

1. Kamper, S. J., Apeldoorn, A. T., Chiarotto, A., Smeets, R. J. E. M., Ostelo, R. W. J. G., Guzman, J., & van Tulder, M. W. (2015). Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ, 350, h444.

2. Meda R T, Nuguru S P, Rachakonda S, et al. (August 25, 2022) Chronic Pain-Induced Depression: A Review of Prevalence and Management.Cureus 14(8): e28416. DOI 10.7759/cureus.28416

3. Aboushaar, N., & Serrano, N. (2024). The mutually reinforcing dynamics between pain and stress: mechanisms, impacts and management strategies.Frontiers in Pain Research, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2024.1445280

4. Aaron, R. V., et al. (2025). Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Among Adults With Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA Network Open, 8(3), e250268.

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Building Skills for Better Living

4. Aaron, R. V., et al. (2025). Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Among Adults With Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA Network Open, 8(3), e250268.

5. Roughan WH, Campos AI, García-Marín LM, Cuéllar-Partida G, Lupton MK, Hickie IB, Medland SE, Wray NR, Byrne EM, Ngo TT, Martin NG and Rentería ME (2021) Comorbid Chronic Pain and Depression: Shared Risk Factors and Differential Antidepressant Effectiveness. Front. Psychiatry 12:643609. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.643609

6. Andrade, D. C., et al. Relationship Between Sleep Disturbances and Chronic Pain: A Narrative Review, Clinics and Practice, 2024, 14(6), 2650–2660. https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract14060209

7. Lumley, M. A., Cohen, J. L., Borszcz, G. S., Cano, A., Radcliffe, A. M., Porter, L. S., Schubiner, H., & Keefe, F. J. (2011). Pain and emotion: A biopsychosocial review of recent research.Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67(9), 942–968.

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Whole-Person Care Improves Outcomes

1. Kamper, S. J., Apeldoorn, A. T., Chiarotto, A., Smeets, R. J. E. M., Ostelo, R. W. J. G., Guzman, J., & van Tulder, M. W. (2015). Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ, 350, h444.