The Rehabilitation Psychology for Injury Chronic Illness and Pain Interest Group (RPIG) came into being at the 2007 APS conference with the purpose of developing a network of psychologists throughout Australia with an interest in professional practice, research, teaching and learning in the specialised field of rehabilitation psychology.

RPIG members are located Australia wide. Our members typically work with individuals who have suffered a transport or work-related injury or illness or have a longstanding medical and/or mental illness or physical disability (e.g. spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke, neurological disease, chronic pain, orthopaedic injury, developmental disorders). Rehabilitation settings range from acute/subacute, inpatient hospital to transitional or residential to outpatient or in the home and community-based.

The RPIG executive committee is committed towards developing effective ways to provide support for psychologists working in rehabilitation. We achieve this by:

• Facilitating communication between psychologists working in the rehabilitation field. This includes providing support to those who are newly employed in the area and fostering the cross-fertilisation of ideas between sub-specialties
• Lobbying government and other organisations regarding processes and practice in rehabilitation psychology
• Assisting in the development of professional development activities
• Fostering research links
• Providing best practice resources.