FINAL PROGRAM - Society of Behavioral Medicine

31 st Annual Meeting & Scientific SessionsBehavioral Medicine: Building for the FutureScientific Sessions – Thursday April 8, 201012:15 pm – 1:15 pm Panel DiscussionsPanel Discussion #01: The Relationship between Physical Health Complaints and Suicidalityamong Chronic Pain PatientsCedar, 2nd FloorChair: Craig J. Bryan, PsyD, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TXPanelists: Craig J. Bryan, PsyD, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX; Kathryn K.Hall, PhD, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Durham, NC; Chad Morrow, PhD, Maxwell Air Force Base, ALPanel Discussion #02: Panel Discussion: Graduate Student ResearchDouglas, 2nd FloorChair: Katharine E. Stewart, PhD, MPH, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, ARPanelists: Vicki G. DiLillo, PhD, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH; Katharine E. Stewart, PhD,MPH, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Barbara A. Stetson, PhD, Universityof Louisville, Louisville, KYPanel Discussion #04: Behavioral Intervention Research in the Dental Setting: Opportunitiesand Successful Grant WritingCapitol Hill, 3rd FloorChair: David Clark, DrPH, NIH/NIDCR, Bethesda, MDPanelist: David Clark, DrPH, NIH/NIDCR, Bethesda, MD; Christine Riedy, PhD, MPH, University ofWashington, Seattle, WA1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Master Lectures1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Master LectureAdmission by name badge Immersive Virtual Reality: A New Tool forGrand Ballroom D, 2 nd Floor Behavioral MedicineHunter Hoffman, PhDDirector of the Virtual Research Center at the University of Washington,Seattle, WAModerator: Francis J. Keefe, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NCMost burn patients report severe to excruciating pain during frequent medical procedures. Side effectsof opioid analgesics limit dose levels and limit dose frequency. Repeated acute pain episodesduring medical procedures and repeated daily doses of strong narcotic analgesics can interfere withhealing and long term outcome. Adjunctive immersive Virtual Reality nonpharmacologically decreasessuffering during severe burn wound debridement and rehab. Dr. Hoffman will briefly presentthe logic of how VR analgesia works, evidence for its efficacy, and will discuss how VR and relatedtechnologies could transform the way behavioral medicine is delivered, amplifying the therapeuticeffectiveness of numerous behavioral interventions.31