Thinking Beyond Joint Pain – Considering the Potential for Visceral Pain to Influence Behavioural Change

1-hour webinar from the Chronic Pain Symposium 2025, presented by Dr. Sarah Heath and Dr. Katherine Clarke.
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presentation overview

In this presentation, Dr Katherine Clake, a veterinary specialist in internal medicine, and Dr Sarah Heath, a veterinary specialist in behavioural medicine, will discuss how their disciplines overlap. Using clinical case examples, they will consider the potential for patients to present with behavioural change which is related to the influence of visceral pain on emotional and cognitive health. They will also discuss the role of emotional and cognitive health in patients presenting with conventional physical health signs related to visceral pain. History taking will be considered and the speakers will outline some of the important questions to ask

meet the presenters

Dr. sarah heath

Sarah Heath BVSc, DECAWBM, CCAB, MRCVS qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Bristol University in 1988. She spent four years in a mixed general practice before setting up Behavioural Referrals Veterinary Practice in 1992.

As an honorary lecturer in Behavioural Medicine within the faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Liverpool, Sarah is responsible for the behavioural medicine curriculum for undergraduate veterinary students. Dr Heath has published a number of books and regularly contributes to veterinary publications on behavioural topics. She also became the first veterinary member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors in 1990.

In 2001 Sarah was awarded the Melton Award by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) for meritorious contributions to small animal practice. In 2002 was awarded the Vetlink Award for outstanding service to the Veterinary Nursing Profession. Sarah was a founding member of the BSAVA affiliated Companion Animal Behaviour Therapy Study Group and is the co-founder of the International Veterinary Behaviour Meeting.

In 2002 Sarah became a Founding Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine. She is a European Veterinary Specialist in Behavioural Medicine (Companion Animals). Sarah has a special interest in the interplay between behavior and physical illness in dogs and cats and particularly in the role of pain. She lectures extensively at home and abroad on veterinary behavioral topics.
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BVSc, DECAWBM, CCAB, MRCVS

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BVSc PGCertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS

dr. katharine clarke

Katherine graduated from the University of Bristol in 2011. She subsequently worked in a first opinion, small animal practice in Shropshire. During this time she started her certificate in small animal internal medicine.

After three years at this practice she moved to the Midlands to complete an Internship at Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service, gaining her certificate during this time. She joined the team at Davies in May 2018 and completed a 3-year residency programme in small animal medicine in May 2021. She attained the European Diploma in Small Animal Medicine in 2022.
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