Chronic Pain Management In Primary Care Using Behavioral Health Consultants

BCBT-CP is the standard of care for behavioral management of acute and chronic pain in the Defense Health Agency Stepped Care Pain Pathway. BCBT-CP is a 7-module, CBT-based intervention for the treatment of acute and chronic pain in the primary care setting. The BCBT-CP manual was developed in a collaboration between the Defense Health Agency and the Department of Veterans Affairs as an intervention tailored for use by Behavioral Health Consultants embedded in Military Health System primary care clinics and Patient Centered Medical Homes. Details on BCBT-CP content can be found in the treatment arm description section of this listing.

The BCBT-CP Booster is a telephone or videoteleconference-based booster contact designed to extend the benefits of the standard of care BCBT-CP intervention. BCBT-CP Booster contacts are not clinical interventions (i.e., no new clinical content is provided), but are intended to help motivate patients to use BCBT-CP module content, problem-solve BCBT-CP skills practice and offer reminders for future appointments. BCBT-CP Booster content was developed using feedback from focus groups with patients who completed standard BCBT-CP treatment in a military primary care clinic. Details on BCBT-CP Booster contacts can be found in the treatment arm description section of this listing.