By Professor Sylvia Maria Gustin

Book Chapters

Norman-Nott N; Cashin AG; Gustin SM, 2024, 'Psychological, physical and complementary therapies for the management of neuropathic pain', in International Review of Neurobiology, pp. 431 - 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.irn.2024.10.010

Gustin SM, 2012, 'Does every pain have its own psychology? A review of psychosocial components in chronic pain of different aetiologies', in Columbus A (ed.), Advances in Psychology Research, Nova, New York, pp. 51 - 71

Journal articles

Ferraro MC; Gilanyi YL; Visser EJ; McLachlan AJ; Moseley GL; Wand BM; O’Connell NE; Lee H; Lotze M; Church J; Goodall S; Herbert RD; Lamb SE; Gustin SM; Cashin AG; McAuley JH, 2026, 'Memantine and graded motor imagery for complex regional pain syndrome (MEMOIR): study protocol and statistical analysis plan for a decentralised, 2 × 2 factorial randomised trial', Trials, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09383-8

Quidé Y; Hesam-Shariati N; Trost Z; Folly de Campos T; Willoughby WR; Bolding M; Cowan RE; Zahara P; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2026, 'Cervical Atrophy Following Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury: Insights From a Multinational Cohort', European Journal of Neurology, 33, pp. e70750, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ene.70750

Lim TE; Humburg P; Reay WR; Gustin SM; Quidé Y; Quide Y, 2026, 'Cumulative impacts of early-life interpersonal adversity and persistent/recurrent pain in children: a longitudinal normative modelling study from the ABCD study cohort', Pain, 167, pp. e301 - e311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003995

Ho T; Holle J; Limakatso K; Ryan M; Tang SJ; Gustin SM; Quidé Y; Quide Y, 2026, 'Functional brain networks alterations in Neuropathic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review', Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, pp. 106794 - 106794, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106794

Roux L; Gustin SM; Newton-John TRO, 2026, 'A qualitative analysis of healthcare professionals’ perspectives on goal adjustment in chronic pain', British Journal of Pain, 20, pp. 195 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20494637261418200

Chowdhury NS; Bikson M; Gustin SM, 2026, 'A roadmap for transcranial direct current stimulation for chronic pain', Pain, 167, pp. 1308 - 1313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003893

Hesam-Shariati N; Quidé Y; Lim TE; Wewege MA; Hansford HJ; Folly de Campos T; Li Y; Alexander L; Newton-John T; McAuley JH; Trost Z; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2026, 'Psychosocial factors associated with pain in spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Eclinicalmedicine, 96, pp. 103976 - 103976, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.103976

Lim TE; Reay WR; Gustin SM; Quidé Y; Quide Y, 2026, 'Chronic pain and differential brain morphology alterations of childhood maltreatment, trauma exposure in adulthood and their cumulative effects in the UK Biobank', Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, pp. S2451-9022(26)00095-9 - S2451-9022(26)00095-9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.04.002

Lim TE; Fitzpatrick E; Sharma S; Norman-Nott N; Hesam-Shariati N; McAuley JH; Cashin AG; Gustin SM; Quidé Y; Quide Y, 2026, 'Brain correlates of psychological trauma in chronic pain: A systematic review', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 183, pp. 106576 - 106576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106576

Michalski SC; Adams J; Darejeh A; Cvejic RC; Gustin SM; Trollor JN, 2026, 'Co-Design and Feasibility Testing of an AI-Based Virtual Reality Application to Prepare People With Intellectual Disability for Healthcare Visits', Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.70219

Gilanyi YL; Ferraro MC; Goebel A; O’Connell NE; Jones MD; Sharma S; Bean D; Gustin SM; McAuley JH, 2026, 'Quality matters: Interpreting amputation outcomes in CRPS - Authors reply', Journal of Pain, 40, pp. 106178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.106178

Quidé Y; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2026, 'Cerebellar Tissue Properties Alterations in Fibromyalgia: A T1w/T2w Ratio Study', Human Brain Mapping, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70467

Ferraro MC; O’Connell NE; Goebel A; Hill R; Curtis F; Wilkinson J; Center JR; Gustin SM; Cashin AG; McAuley JH, 2026, 'Efficacy and Safety of Bisphosphonates for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Annals of Internal Medicine, 179, pp. 256 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-25-03693

Quidé Y; Kamarul K; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2026, 'Stress-related white matter microstructure alterations and chronic pain', Brain Imaging and Behavior, 20, pp. 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11682-026-01102-4

Aguirre de Cárcer Vidal A; Norman-Nott N; Gustin SM; Quidé Y; Quide Y, 2026, 'Alexithymia moderates brain function during suppression of negative emotions in fibromyalgia', Pain, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000004109

Loke RWJ; Ortiz O; Gustin SM; Hubli M; Linnman C; Livny A; Quidé Y; Scheuren PS; Kramer JLK; Quide Y, 2026, 'Convergent structural brain alterations in chronic pain: a multi-metric individual participant data meta-analysis', Brain Communications, 8, pp. fcag146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcag146

Gilanyi YL; Ferraro MC; Goebel A; O’Connell NE; Jones MD; Sharma S; Bean D; Gustin SM; McAuley JH, 2025, 'Amputation for complex regional pain syndrome: A systematic review', Journal of Pain, 37, pp. 105571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105571

Chowdhury NS; Cheng D; Chang WJ; Hesam-Shariati N; Quide Y; da Cunha PHM; da Silva Lapa JD; Kubota GT; dos Santos KDA; Coelho DN; de Andrade DC; Gustin S, 2025, 'The cortical mechanisms underlying the analgesic effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis', Systematic Reviews, 14, pp. 236 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-025-02983-0

Norman-Nott N; Rizzo RRN; Hesam-Shariati N; Schroeder J; Suh J; McAuley JH; Quidé Y; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2025, '“It’s just crucial to deal with emotions as well as the pain” A qualitative acceptability study of an online emotion regulation skills-focused intervention for people with chronic pain', International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 25, pp. 100638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100638

Williams SA; Sharma S; Cashin AG; Jones MD; Chiarotto A; Hansford HJ; Venter M; Wewege MA; Ferraro MC; Devonshire JJ; Gustin SM; Ostelo RW; McAuley JH, 2025, 'Test-retest reliability and measurement error of the numerical rating scale and visual analogue scale in people with low back pain', Journal of Pain, 35, pp. 105528 - 105528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105528

Ferraro MC; Cashin AG; Visser EJ; Abdel Shaheed C; Wewege MA; Wand BM; Gustin SM; O'Connell NE; McAuley JH, 2025, 'Ketamine and other NMDA receptor antagonists for chronic pain', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 8, pp. CD015373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015373.pub2

Quidé Y; Hesam-Shariati N; Norman-Nott N; McAuley JH; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2025, 'Stress-Related Brain Alterations in Chronic Pain', European Journal of Pain, 29, pp. e70034, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.70034

Hesam-Shariati N; Alexander L; Stapleton F; Newton-John T; Lin CT; Zahara P; Chen KY; Restrepo S; Skinner IW; McAuley JH; Moseley GL; Jensen MP; Gustin SM, 2025, 'The effect of an EEG neurofeedback intervention for corneal neuropathic pain: A single-case experimental design with multiple baselines', Journal of Pain, 32, pp. 105394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105394

Norman-Nott N; Briggs NE; Hesam-Shariati N; Wilks CR; Schroeder J; Diwan AD; Suh J; Newby JM; Newton-John T; Quidé Y; McAuley JH; Gustin SM, 2025, 'Online Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Emotion Dysregulation in People With Chronic Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial', JAMA Network Open, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.6908

Hu Y; Li Y; Li J; Liu JYW; Gustin SM; Li M; Leung AYM, 2025, 'Effectiveness of Telehealth Interventions on Cognitive Function and Quality of Life in Adults With Neurological Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105491

Quidé Y; Jahanshad N; Andoh J; Antoniou G; Apkarian AV; Ashar YK; Badran BW; Baird CL; Baxter L; Bell TR; Blanco-Hinojo L; Borckardt J; Cheung CL; de Andrade DC; Couto BA; Cox SR; Cruz-Almeida Y; Dannlowski U; De Martino E; de Tommaso M; Deus J; Domin M; Egorova-Brumley N; Elliott J; Fanton S; Fauchon C; Flor H; Franz CE; Gatt JM; Gerdhem P; Gilman JM; Gollub RL; Govind V; Graven-Nielsen T; Håkansson G; Hales T; Haswell C; Heukamp NJ; Hu L; Huang L; Hussain A; Jensen K; Kircher T; Kremen WS; Leehr EJ; Lindquist M; Loggia ML; Lotze M; Martucci KT; Meeker TJ; Meinert S; Millard SK; Morey RA; Murillo C; Nees F; Nenadic I; Park HRP; Peng X; Ploner M; Pujol J; Robayo LE; Salan T; Seminowicz DA; Serian A; Slater R; Stein F; Stevens J; Strauss S; Sun D; Vachon-Presseau E; Valdes-Hernandez PA; Vanneste S; Vernon M; Verriotis M; Wager TD; Widerstrom-Noga E; Woodbury A; Zeidan F; Bhatt RR; Ching CRK; Haddad E; Thomopoulos SI; Thompson PM; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2024, 'ENIGMA-Chronic Pain: a worldwide initiative to identify brain correlates of chronic pain', Pain, 165, pp. 2662 - 2666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003317

Rizzo RRN; Wand BM; Leake HB; O’Hagan ET; Traeger AC; Gustin SM; Moseley GL; Sharma S; Cashin AG; Bagg MK; McAuley JH; Bunzli S, 2024, 'Why might fears and worries persist after a pain education-grounded multimodal intervention for chronic back pain? A qualitative study', Pain Reports, 9, pp. e1197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001197

Hesam-Shariati N; Alexander L; Chen KY; Craig A; Glare PA; Jensen MP; Lin CT; McAuley JH; Middleton JW; Moseley GL; Newton-John T; Restrepo S; Skinner IW; Zahara P; Gustin SM, 2024, 'A home-based self-directed EEG neurofeedback intervention for people with chronic neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury (the StoPain Trial): description of the intervention', Spinal Cord, 62, pp. 658 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41393-024-01031-3

Norman-Nott N; Hesam-Shariati N; Wewege MA; Rizzo RRN; Cashin AG; Wilks CR; Quidé Y; McAuley JH; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2024, 'Emotion regulation skills-focused interventions for chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis', European Journal of Pain United Kingdom, 28, pp. 1276 - 1293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2268

Ye Z; Yao L; Zhang Y; Gustin S, 2024, 'Self-supervised cross-modal visual retrieval from brain activities', Pattern Recognition, 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2023.109915

Rosner J; de Andrade DC; Davis KD; Gustin SM; Kramer JLK; Seal RP; Finnerup NB, 2023, 'Central neuropathic pain', Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41572-023-00484-9

Schoffl J; Arora M; Pozzato I; McBain C; Rodrigues D; Vafa E; Middleton J; Davis GM; Gustin SM; Bourke J; Kifley A; Krassioukov AV; Cameron ID; Craig A, 2023, 'Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback in Adults with a Spinal Cord Injury: A Laboratory Framework and Case Series', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12247664

Gustin SM; Bolding M; Willoughby W; Anam M; Shum C; Rumble D; Mark VW; Mitchell L; Cowan RE; Richardson E; Richards S; Trost Z, 2023, 'Cortical Mechanisms Underlying Immersive Interactive Virtual Walking Treatment for Amelioration of Neuropathic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: Findings from a Preliminary Investigation of Thalamic Inhibitory Function', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12175743

Quidé Y; Norman-Nott N; Hesam-Shariati N; McAuley JH; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2023, 'Depressive symptoms moderate functional connectivity within the emotional brain in chronic pain', Bjpsych Open, 9, pp. e80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.61

Rizzo RRN; Wand BM; Leake HB; O'Hagan ET; Bagg MK; Bunzli S; Traeger AC; Gustin SM; Moseley GL; Sharma S; Cashin AG; McAuley JH, 2023, '“My Back is Fit for Movement”: A Qualitative Study Alongside a Randomized Controlled Trial for Chronic Low Back Pain', Journal of Pain, 24, pp. 824 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2022.12.009

O’Hagan ET; Cashin AG; Hübscher M; Alsaadi SM; Gustin S; McAuley JH, 2023, 'Does poor sleep quality lead to increased low back pain the following day?', Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 23, pp. 333 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2022-0064

Ferraro MC; Cashin AG; O'Connell NE; Visser EJ; Abdel Shaheed C; Wewege MA; Gustin SM; McAuley JH, 2023, 'Ketamine and other NMDA receptor antagonists for chronic pain', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015373

Wewege MA; Bagg MK; Jones MD; Ferraro MC; Cashin AG; Rizzo RRN; Leake HB; Hagstrom AD; Sharma S; McLachlan AJ; Maher CG; Day R; Wand BM; O'Connell NE; Nikolakopolou A; Schabrun S; Gustin SM; McAuley JH, 2023, 'Comparative effectiveness and safety of analgesic medicines for adults with acute non-specific low back pain: systematic review and network meta-analysis', BMJ, 380, pp. e072962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072962

Norman-Nott N; Hesam-Shariati N; Wilks CR; Schroeder J; Suh J; Briggs NE; McAuley JH; Quidé Y; Gustin SM, 2023, 'Internet-Delivered Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training for Chronic Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial', JMIR Research Protocols, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/41890

Norman-Nott N; Hesam-Shariati N; Cashin AG; Wewege MA; Rizzo RRN; Wilks CR; Quidé Y; McAuley J; Gustin SM, 2022, 'Evaluation of emotion-centric psychological interventions for chronic pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ Open, 12, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063102

Rizzo RRN; Cashin AG; Bagg MK; Gustin SM; Lee H; McAuley JH, 2022, 'A Systematic Review of the Reporting Quality of Observational Studies That Use Mediation Analyses', Prevention Science, 23, pp. 1041 - 1052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01349-5

Rizzo RRN; Ferraro MC; Wewege MA; Cashin AG; Leake HB; O'Hagan ET; Jones MD; Gustin SM; McLachlan AJ; Day R; McAuley JH, 2022, 'Targeting neurotrophic factors for low back pain and sciatica: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Rheumatology (United Kingdom), 61, pp. 2243 - 2254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab785

Roux L; Gustin SM; Newton-John TRO, 2022, 'To persist or not to persist? the dilemma of goal adjustment in chronic pain', Pain, 163, pp. 820 - 823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002503

Norman-Nott N; Wilks CR; Hesam-Shariati N; Schroeder J; Suh J; Czerwinski M; Briggs NE; Quidé Y; McAuley J; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2022, 'The No Worries Trial: Efficacy of Online Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Training for Chronic Pain (iDBT-Pain) Using a Single Case Experimental Design', Journal of Pain, 23, pp. 558 - 576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2021.10.003

O’Hagan ET; Gustin S, 2022, 'The relationship between preoperative sleep quality and adverse pain outcomes is still unclear: A Comment on Bjurström et al.', European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom), 26, pp. 941 - 942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1913

Naylor B; Hesam-Shariati N; McAuley JH; Boag S; Newton-John T; Rae CD; Gustin SM, 2022, 'Corrigendum: Reduced Glutamate in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Is Associated With Emotional and Cognitive Dysregulation in People With Chronic Pain(Front. Neurol., (2019), 10, (1110), 10.3389/fneur.2019.01110)', Frontiers in Neurology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.872851

Hesam-Shariati N; Chang WJ; Wewege MA; McAuley JH; Booth A; Trost Z; Lin CT; Newton-John T; Gustin SM, 2022, 'The analgesic effect of electroencephalographic neurofeedback for people with chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis', European Journal of Neurology, 29, pp. 921 - 936, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ene.15189

Chalmers T; Eaves S; Lees T; Lin CT; Newton PJ; Clifton-Bligh R; McLachlan CS; Gustin SM; Lal S, 2022, 'The relationship between neurocognitive performance and HRV parameters in nurses and non-healthcare participants', Brain and Behavior, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2481

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