Telephone Intervention for Pain Study (TIPS)

Inclusion Criteria:

Definitive diagnosis of acquired amputation (AMP), multiple sclerosis (MS), or spinal cord injury (SCI) confirmed by participants' primary care physicians
Average pain intensity in the past month of greater than 3 on 0-10 numeric rating scale;
Pain is either worse or started since the onset of the disability;
Pain of at least six months duration, with pain reportedly present greater than or equal to half of the days in the past six months;
Read, write and understand English;
Must be able to communicate over the phone (i.e., must be verbal);
Age 18 years or older.

Exclusion Criteria:

Cognitive impairment defined as one or more errors on the Six-Item screener (Callahan et al., 2002).
Current or previous participation in a psychological treatment for pain (obtained via self-report).
Current participation in a psychological treatment for any reason on a regular basis(obtained via self-report).