Erin Moon

PhD

Investigator and Registered Psychologist, BC Children's Hospital

I am a psychologist and clinical researcher with the Complex Pain Service at BC Children’s Hospital. My broad clinical and research interests are: 1) understanding psychosocial factors that impact the development of youth with chronic pain and other complex medical conditions, 2) measuring the efficacy of psychological interventions for youth with chronic pain, and 3) enhancing the effectiveness of individual and group psychological interventions for youth with chronic pain.

Academic Affiliations

  • Research Theme: Brain, Behaviour & Development
  • Research Group(s): Mental Health and Behaviour; Pain and Stress

Contact Information

Location

948 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 4H4

Invited Talk: Pain management: When easing pain is not easy

06 / 2024

Lecture: Child and adolescent pain assessment

04 / 2024

Invited Talk: Communication: How to have conversations about the mind-body connection

BC Provincial Pediatric Pain Symposium

11 / 2023

Invited Talk: Case presentation: Connecting the multimodal approach for the mind and body

BC Provincial Pediatric Pain Symposium

11 / 2023

Lecture: Pediatric pain management

04 / 2023

The mental health profiles of pediatric organ transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Penner, E.K. and Walker, H. and Moon, E. and Slavec, J. and Hind, T. and Blydt-Hansen, T.D.

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14151

Self-reported physical activity and lack of association with health-related quality of life in a pediatric solid-organ transplant population

Pediatric Transplantation

Lui, S. and Hind, T. and Moon, E. and de Souza, A. and Broad, K. and Fairbairn, J. and Schreiber, R. and Armstrong, K. and Blydt-Hansen, T.D.

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14093

Post-traumatic stress as a determinant of quality of life in pediatric solid-organ transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Hind, T. and Lui, S. and Moon, E. and Broad, K. and Lang, S. and Schreiber, R.A. and Armstrong, K. and Blydt-Hansen, T.D.

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14005

A Comparison of Maternal versus Paternal Nonverbal Behavior During Child Pain

Pain Practice

Schinkel, M.G. and Chambers, C.T. and Caes, L. and Moon, E.C.

DOI: 10.1111/papr.12415

"He says, she says": A comparison of fathers' and mothers' verbal behavior during child cold pressor pain

Journal of Pain

Moon, E.C. and Chambers, C.T. and McGrath, P.J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2011.06.004

Behavioral interventions for sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorders: Current findings and future directions

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Vriend, J.L. and Corkum, P.V. and Moon, E.C. and Smith, I.M.

DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsr044

Case study: A case-series evaluation of a behavioral sleep intervention for three children with autism and primary insomnia

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Moon, E.C. and Corkum, P. and Smith, I.M.

DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq057

Childhood learning history origins of adult pain anxiety

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Watt, M.C. and Stewart, S.H. and Moon, E. and Terry, L.L.

DOI: 10.1891/0889-8391.24.3.198

Specificity of childhood learning experiences in relation to anxiety sensitivity and illness/injury sensitivity: Implications for health anxiety and pain

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Watt, M.C. and O{'}Connor, R.M. and Stewart, S.H. and Moon, E.C. and Terry, L.

DOI: 10.1891/0889-8391.22.2.128

Sex differences in parent and child pain ratings during an experimental child pain task

Pain Research and Management

Moon, E.C. and Chambers, C.T. and Larochette, A.-C. and Hayton, K. and Craig, K.D. and McGrath, P.J.

DOI: 10.1155/2008/457861

Technology in pediatric pain management

Bringing Pain Relief to Children: Treatment Approaches

McGrath, P.J. and Watters, C. and Moon, E.

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-125-3_7

Heritability of individual depressive symptoms

Journal of Affective Disorders

Jang, K.L. and Livesley, W.J. and Taylor, S. and Stein, M.B. and Moon, E.C.

DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(03)00108-3

The Comfort Ability Program

The Comfort Ability Program (CAP) is a manualized evidence-based cognitive-behavioural treatment program for teens with chronic pain and their parents. The program was founded at Boston Children’s Hospital and is now licensed at over 25 partner sites. With the support of PainCare 360, CAP will soon be adopted at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) and made available to teens with chronic pain across the hospital. CAP adoption will include collaborative multi-site research on clinical outcomes of the program. Patients and their parents will complete a battery of psychological measures. This data will be used to explore patient satisfaction and the efficiency and effectiveness of the CAP program at BCCH.

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