Depression and Chronic Pain WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Depression and Chronic Pain
Experiencing depression and chronic pain simultaneously is common. Chronic pain can affect all aspects of your life, which in turn can contribute to depression. Depression can make it more difficult to deal with the pain.1
Fast Facts:
- In many cases, antidepressants may be used to treat depression and chronic pain.2
- Depression in people who have chronic pain is often never diagnosed.1
- Depression is experienced by about 60% of people who suffer chronic pain.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WebMD: Depression and Chronic Pain Risk
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Health.com: Strategies for Coping With Depression and Chronic Pain
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- Contributor: Catherine Kowalski
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Catherine Kowalski
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Depression Associated With Chronic Pain, Chronic Pain and Depression
- Last update: May 4, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
