The study also is an important step in allowing researcher to test how the two types of pain interact, which could shed light on known relationships between emotions and physical pain, such as the connection
between pain disorders and emotional trauma.
Not exact matches
There is a correlation
between stress and a variety of illnesses such as headaches, neck and back
pain, and various
disorders of the stomach and intestine (Hetzel & McMichael 1987).
First author Professor Esme Fuller - Thomson, Sandra Rotman Endowed Chair at University of Toronto's Factor - Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Life Course & Aging explains, «this link
between migraine and generalized anxiety
disorders in the past year was partially explained by the disturbingly high prevalence of debilitating chronic
pain (30 %) and problems in managing household responsibilities (28 %) among those with migraine.»
Co-author and recent MSW graduate from the University of Toronto, Janany Jayanthikumar added, «we were not surprised that chronic
pain played a strong role in the link
between migraines and generalized anxiety
disorders.
Opioid abuse and addiction is a growing concern in the U.S. with the National Institute on Drug Abuse estimating that approximately 2.1 million Americans suffer from substance use
disorders related to prescription opioid
pain relievers and an estimated 467,000 Americans are addicted to heroin, with increasing recognition of the strong relationship
between opioid use and heroin abuse.
Between 21 percent and 29 percent of people who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them; between eight percent and 12 percent develop an opioid use di
Between 21 percent and 29 percent of people who are prescribed opioids for chronic
pain misuse them;
between eight percent and 12 percent develop an opioid use di
between eight percent and 12 percent develop an opioid use
disorder.
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In part, this has been prompted by the clinical observation that there is often symptom overlap
between clinical depression and the common features of chronic
pain conditions.6 Clinically, this is manifest by the limitations found when using somatic symptoms in self - report measures of depression in both populations with depression and those with chronic
pain, 7 and has generated debate about the utility of categorical diagnostic criteria, as described in the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental
disorders, fourth edition (DSM - IV), 8 for understanding and treating depression in people with chronic
pain.9
The importance of investigating the putative association
between chronic
pain and mental
disorders is underscored by two principal findings.