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Psychiatric and Psychological Morbidities of Chronic Pain

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Chronic pain is associated with higher levels of many mental illnesses, including depressive, anxiety, trauma-related, and substance use disorders. These comorbidities can make treatment of pain more challenging. This chapter reviews the most common psychiatric comorbidities associated with chronic pain and their impact on pain treatment.

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  1. CBI Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Norann Richard

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Alaa Abd-Elsayed

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Richard, N. (2019). Psychiatric and Psychological Morbidities of Chronic Pain. In: Abd-Elsayed, A. (eds) Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99124-5_85

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