Integrative Pain Laboratory headed by Dr. Pavel Goldstein.

An initiative spearheaded by the Integrative Pain Laboratory, headed by Dr. Pavel Goldstein (School of Public Health), is offering a free eight-week therapeutic course aimed at helping Ukrainians cope with chronic pain resulting from physical and mental trauma. “Pain is an automatic hazard warning system from our brain – telling us that something is wrong,” explains Dr. Goldstein. “But in many cases of chronic pain, the system often gives a false alarm. In chronic pain, our brain reorganizes and may learn to trigger pain even without any physical reason.” A reduction in pain and improvement in mental health conditions have been reported by participants in the course. READ MORE