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    • *New Paper!* Ecological Momentary Assessment Reveals Greater Anxiety and Marked Instability of Urinary Urgency in Overactive Bladder
    • Insomnia in Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Prevalence, Psychosocial Influences, and Clinical Implications 
    • Psychological and Behavioral Contributors to Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: Trauma, Stress, and Neurobiological Pathways
    • Effectiveness of 2 behavioral interventions for voluntary opioid dosage reduction in patients prescribed high-dosage opioids for chronic pain 
    • Urobiome Analysis in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Reveals Nuanced Differences Associated with Localized Pain 
    • Self-Efficacy in Managing Female Sexual Dysfunction in Interstitial Cystitis 
    • Unstimulated inflammatory activity is associated with treatment response to cognitive-behavioral therapy for urologic chronic pelvic pain 
    • Complexities and approaches for deriving longitudinal daily morphine milligram equivalents using electronic health record prescription data   
    • Widespread Pain Moderates the Response to Centrally-Acting Therapies in an Observational Cohort of Patients With Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A MAPP Research Network Study 
    • Establishing Evidence for the Painful Intercourse Self-Efficacy Scale—Interstitial Cystitis 
    • Negative affect and pain catastrophizing link borderline personality disorder to pain: Replicating and extending the borderline personality disorder–pain association 
    • A randomized-controlled pilot trial of telemedicine-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy tailored for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome
    • Adverse childhood experiences and lower urinary tract symptoms and impact among women: Editorial comment
    • Enhancing Connections between Clinicians and Research in Hypnosis Practice: Strategies for Practice and Training
    • Hypnosis and chronic pain.
    • Clinical hypnosis can reduce lower urinary tract symptoms in individuals with chronic pain
    • Compensatory coping and depression in women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome
    • Delivery of a Group Hypnosis Protocol for Managing Chronic Pain in Outpatient Integrative Medicine
    • Gender differences in the experience of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome
    • Hypnosis for Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Scoping Review
    • Outpatient Engagement and Predicted Risk of Suicide Attempts in Fibromyalgia
    • Psychosocial Factors in Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: Implications for Multidisciplinary Care
    • Psychosocial Factors in Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: Implications for Multidisciplinary Care
    • Co-Occurring Trauma and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among People With Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review
    • Compensatory bladder behaviors (“coping”) in women with overactive bladder
    • Electronic Delivery of Pain Education for Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions: A Prospective Cohort Study
    • Clinical Hypnosis for Chronic Pain in Outpatient Integrative Medicine: An Implementation and Training Model
    • Qualitative Analysis of Treatment Needs in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: Implications for Intervention
    • Exploring the links among borderline personality disorder symptoms, trauma, and pain in patients with chronic pain disorders
    • Hypnosis for refractory severe neuropathic pain: A case study
    • The positive message in negative findings: brief psychosocial intervention can lead to lasting pain reduction using hypnosis, education, or cognitive approaches
    • Psychosocial co-morbidities in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain syndrome (IC/BPS): A systematic review
    • Further evidence of self-medication: personality factors influencing drug choice in substance use disorders
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    • Julianna Longo, BA, Research Assistant
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