Beth Darnall, PhD, is a clinical professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University.
She is principal investigator for multiple federally funded pain research studies that test the efficacy and mechanisms of psychological strategies in individuals with chronic pain. She investigates mechanisms of pain catastrophizing, targeted pain psychology treatments she has developed, prevention of postsurgical pain, and outpatient opioid tapering. She delivers pain psychology and opioid reduction lectures and workshops nationally and internationally.
She is author of the 2016 book The Opioid-Free Pain Relief Kit, and the 2014 book Less Pain, Fewer Pills: Avoid the Dangers of Prescription Opioids and GainBeth Darnall, PhD, is a clinical professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University.
She is principal investigator for multiple federally funded pain research studies that test the efficacy and mechanisms of psychological strategies in individuals with chronic pain. She investigates mechanisms of pain catastrophizing, targeted pain psychology treatments she has developed, prevention of postsurgical pain, and outpatient opioid tapering. She delivers pain psychology and opioid reduction lectures and workshops nationally and internationally.
She is author of the 2016 book The Opioid-Free Pain Relief Kit, and the 2014 book Less Pain, Fewer Pills: Avoid the Dangers of Prescription Opioids and Gain Control Over Chronic Pain. She has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, New York magazine, Forbes, Scientific American Mind, O magazine, The Washington Post, and Time magazine....more