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

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

Event

Date of the event: 2nd – 4th of May 2024

Adress of the venue: Humboldt University Festsaal, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin

Conference Objective

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 scientifc 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 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. Four questions lie at the heart of the conference and structure its overall outline:

1. Conceptual Challenge: What does it mean to suffer from chronic pain?

2. Causal Challenge: Which factors cause suffering from chronic pain and which factors can prevent it?

3. Operationalization Challenge: How can we assess and systematically study the suffering of people living with chronic pain?

4. Clinical Challenge: How can we use these insights to improve diagnostic and therapeutic measures in relation to chronic pain?

Addressing these questions is a genuine interdisciplinary project bringing together philosophers, quantitative and qualitative researchers, as well as clinical practitioners.

Participant

We are pleased to welcome participants from various disciplines to the conference. Attendance at the conference is free of charge; however, please note that participants are responsible for covering the cost of the conference dinner. Both conference and dinner attendance require registration.

Program

Conceptional Challenge - Thursday, 2nd of May 2024

12:30-13:45 - Sabrina Coninx (VU Amsterdam):
From pain to suffering: Conceptual, empirical, and clinical challenges

13:45-14:00 - Coffee/Tea Break

14:00-15:15 - Michael Brady (University of Glasgow):
Three theories of suffering

15:15-15:45 - Coffee/Tea Break

15:45-17:00 - Fredrik Svenaeus (Södertörn University):
The phenomenology of chronic pain: Embodiment and alienation

17:00-17:15 - Coffee/Tea Break

17:15-18:30 - Sascha Fink (University Erlangen-Nürnberg):
Ontologies of pain

18:30-19:30 - Reception

Causal & Operational Challenge - Friday, 3rd of May 2024

10:00-11:15 - Henning Reimann (Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin):
From pain to suffering: A cerebral perspective

11:15-11:30 - Coffee/Tea Break

11:30-12:45 - Smadar Bustan (Institut Curie, Paris):
Diagnosing suffering in chronic diseases and pain

12:45-14:00 - Lunch Break

14:00-15:15 - Leonie Koban (Center for Neuroscience Research, Lyon):
Social influences on pain

15:15-15:30 - Coffee/Tea Break

15:30-16:45 - Christian Büchel (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf):
Mechanisms of pain modulation

16:45-17:15 - Coffee/Tea Break

17:15-18:30 - Markus Ploner (Technical University Munich):
EEG measures of pain and suffering

19:00 - Conference Dinner at Garda Restaurant

Clinical Challenge - Saturday, 4th of May 2024

10:00-11:15 - Susanna Asseyer (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin):
From pain to suffering: The clinical impact of chronic pain

11:15-11:30 - Coffee/Tea Break

11:30-12:45 - Stefan Büchi (University of Zurich):
PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure) – A novel visual tool to assess pain-related suffering in clinical practice

12:45-14:00 - Lunch Break

14:00-15:15 - Peter Stilwell (University of Southern Denmark, Odense):
Alleviating pain-related suffering by restoring or reconstructing one’s sense of self

15:15-15:30 - Coffee/Tea Break

15:30-16:45 - Anna-Christin Willert (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin):
Total pain – A palliative care perspective

16:45-17:00 - Closing

19:00-22:00 - Speaker Dinner

Lunch and Dinners

Coffee breaks as well as lunch will be provided for all participants at the conference venue. There is no additional registration needed.

At the 3rd of May (19:00), the conference dinner takes place at Garda Restaurant, Oranienburgerstraße 32, 10117 Berlin Mitte. A previous registration is needed for all participants.

At the 4th of May (19:00), an additional speaker dinner takes place at Night Kitchen, Heckmann Höfe, Oranienbuger Straße. 32, 10115 Berlin. The restaurant is in the same building as the conference dinner.

Funding and Contact

We would like to express our gratitude to the following sponsors whose generous support has made this event possible: Stiftung Charité, Fritz Thyssen Foundation, and HEAD-Genuit-Foundation.

Susanna Asseyer
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
susanna.asseyer@charite.de

Sabrina Coninx
Vrije University of Amsterdam, Department of Philosophy
De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
s.coninx@vu.nl

Henning Reimann
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association
Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
henning.reimann@mdc-berlin.de

Nadège Leprêtre
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
nadege.lepretre@charite.de

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