Participants should be able to understand the following key elements:

• Describe the biopsychosocial model and health anxiety framework that address the transition from acute to chronic illness.
• Describe cognitive skills to promote optimal physical and mental health recovery, including adaptive thinking and dialectics, and understand how to implement cognitive skills with a range of patients.
• Describe behavioral skills to promote gradual return to activity and physical recovery, and understand how to implement activity pacing with a range of patients.
• Discuss evidence-based time-limited programs for optimizing recovery.