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. 2025 Oct 1;82(10):1049-1051.
doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.1844.

Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain: 5-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Yoni K Ashar  1 , Ethan L Low  1   2 , Karen Knight  3 , Howard Schubiner  4   5 , Alan Gordon  6 , Andrew LeRoux  1 , Mark A Lumley  7 , Tor D Wager  8
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Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain: 5-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Yoni K Ashar et al. JAMA Psychiatry. .
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This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial provided 5-year follow-up data for individuals with chronic back pain treated with pain reprocessing therapy, placebo, or usual care.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Ashar reported grants from Association for the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms during the conduct of the study; personal fees from Pain Reprocessing Therapy Center for conducting clinical trainings and other from Lin Health as a consultant outside the submitted work. Dr Schubiner reported Co-owner, Mind Body Publishing, selling my books, educating on mind-body conditions. Mr Gordon reported serving as founder of the Pain Psychology Center and Healing Track outside the submitted work. Dr Wager reported being on the Scientific Advisory Board of Curable Health Inc. No other disclosures were reported.

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