Psychiatric diagnosis of chronic pain patients

Am J Psychiatry. 1983 Nov;140(11):1495-8. doi: 10.1176/ajp.140.11.1495.

Abstract

Using DSM-III, the authors reviewed the psychiatric diagnoses of 43 patients evaluated over a 1-year period by a university medical center pain board and found that 98% of the patients had an axis I disorder and 37% had an axis II disorder. The findings are discussed in relationship to earlier findings and treatment implications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • MMPI
  • Male
  • Manuals as Topic
  • Mental Disorders / complications
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Mood Disorders / complications
  • Mood Disorders / diagnosis
  • Pain / complications
  • Pain / psychology*
  • Somatoform Disorders / complications
  • Somatoform Disorders / diagnosis
  • Substance-Related Disorders / complications
  • Substance-Related Disorders / diagnosis