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  • Title: Mental disorders in chronic pain patients.
    Author: Twillman RK.
    Journal: J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother; 2007; 21(4):13-9. PubMed ID: 18032311.
    Abstract:
    Prominent and distressing emotions, cognitions, and behaviors frequently accompany chronic pain. In many cases, these psychological symptoms will be sufficiently severe to qualify the patient for a diagnosis of a mental disorder, as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR). This article introduces mental disorders that are frequently diagnosed in patients with chronic pain. Mental disorders are common co-morbidities with chronic pain. This paper presents an overview of the extent and nature of co-morbidity between mental disorders and chronic pain, as well as an outline of the structure of DSM-IV-TR, especially with respect to its use of a five-axis system for structuring mental disorder diagnoses.
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