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Dr Whitney Scott

Academics
Supervisors

Senior Lecturer in Clinical Health Psychology

Clinical Psychologist and Research Lead at INPUT Pain Unit .

Research subject areas

Psychology

Contact details

Biography

Dr Whitney Scott completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at McGill University in Canada. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Health Psychology Section at King’s College London between 2014 and 2019. In 2020, she was appointed as a clinical academic. Dr Scott works as a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Health Psychology at King’s and a Clinical Psychologist at the INPUT Pain Management Unit at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital. Her research focuses on the role of psychosocial factors in the experience and impact of chronic pain. She is interested in psychological treatments, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), for chronic pain management. Her research has also explored online delivery of ACT and chronic pain management in specific populations (e.g., people living with HIV). She has previously received funding from the International Association for the Study of Pain and the National Institute for Health Research.

Research Interests

Chronic pain
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Online treatment delivery
Social context of pain
HIV

Teaching

Dr Scott contributes to teaching on the Health Psychology MSc and the iBSc programme

Expertise and Public Engagement

Dr Scott works clinically at the INPUT Pain Unit at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

She has been invited to contribute to blog posts and podcasts discussing her research and clinical work.

Latest publications

An updated audit of the patient selection process for pain management programmes in a specialty care service before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Buscemi, V., Chicken, J., Mahy, T., Knight, L. & Scott, W., 6 Dec 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of Pain. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A case report of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement activities to explore the potential of zines as an arts-based tool to target the stigma of pain
Leteurtre, C., Scott, W. & Swaby, C., 1 Dec 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Pain and Rehabilitation. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Potential Misfortunes in ‘Making Sense’: A Cross-sectional Study in People with Chronic Pain
McCracken, L. & Scott, W., 12 Sep 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: The Journal of Pain. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Telemedizinisches Schmerzmanagement von muskuloskeletalem Schmerz: Ein pragmatischer Ansatz zur Implementierung von Video- und Telefonsprechstunden in der muskuloskeletalen Schmerztherapie. Deutsche Fassung
Hohenschurz-Schmidt, D., Scott, W., Park, C., Christopoulos, G., Vogel, S. & Draper-Rodi, J., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: SCHMERZ. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00482-022-00659-5
Blinding and sham control methods in trials of physical, psychological, and self-management interventions for pain (article II): a meta-analysis relating methods to trial results
Hohenschurz-Schmidt, D., Draper- Rodi, J., Vase, L., Scott, W., McGregor, A., Soliman, N., MacMillan, A., Olivier, A., Cherian, C. A., Corcoran, D., Abbey, H., Freigang, S., Chan, J., Phalip, J., Nørgaard Sørensen, L., Delafin, M., Cadete Pedro Dos Santos Baptista, M., R Medforth, N., Ruffini, N., Skøtt Andresen, S. S. A., & 6 othersYtier, S., Ali, D., Hobday, H., Agung Ngurah Agung Adhiyoga Santosa, A., Vollert, J. & Rice, A. SC., 12 Jul 2022, In: Pain. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002730
Blinding and Sham Control Methods in Trials of Physical, Psychological, and Self- Management Interventions for Pain (Article I): a Systematic Review and Description of Methods
Hohenschurz-Schmidt, D., Draper- Rodi, J., Vase, L., Scott, W., McGregor, A., Soliman, N., MacMillan, A., Olivier, A., Cherian, C. A., Corcoran, D., Abbey, H., Freigang, S., Chan, J., Phalip, J., Nørgaard Sørensen, L., Delafin, M., Cadete Pedro Dos Santos Baptista, M., R Medforth, N., Ruffini, N., Skøtt Andresen, S. S. A., & 6 othersYtier, S., Ali, D., Hobday, H., Agung Ngurah Agung Adhiyoga Santosa, A., Vollert, J. & Rice, A. SC., 11 Jul 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Pain. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002723
Predictors of outcomes following interdisciplinary acceptance and commitment therapy for chronic pain: Profiling psychological flexibility
Yu, L., McCracken, L. M. & Scott, W., Aug 2022, In: European journal of pain (London, England). 26, 7, p. 1448-1459 12 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1972
Examining the association between group context effects and individual outcomes in an interdisciplinary group-based treatment for chronic pain based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. British Journal of Pain
Gilpin, H. R., Ratanachatchuchai, S., Novelli, D., McCracken, L. M. & Scott, W., 7 Dec 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of Pain. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A 12-month longitudinal study examining the shared and unique contributions of self-compassion and psychological inflexibility to distress and quality of life in people with Type 2 Diabetes
Kılıç, A., Hudson, J., Scott, W., McCracken, L. M. & Hughes, L. D., Apr 2022, In: Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 155, 110728. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110728
Pain management in people with severe mental illness: an agenda for progress
Onwumere, J., Stubbs, B., Stirling, M., Shiers, D., Gaughran, F., Rice, A. SC., C de C Williams, A. & Scott, W., 10 Feb 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Pain. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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