PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cornelius Katona
AU  - Robert Peveler
AU  - Christopher Dowrick
AU  - Simon Wessely
AU  - Charlotte Feinmann
AU  - Linda Gask
AU  - Huw Lloyd
AU  - Amanda C de C Williams
AU  - Elizabeth Wager
TI  - Pain symptoms in depression: definition and clinical significance
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-4-390
DP  - 2005 Jul 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 390--395
VI  - 5
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/4/390.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/4/390.full
SO  - Clin Med2005 Jul 01; 5
AB  - This article presents the findings of a focused literature review and consensus meetings on the definition and clinical significance of painful symptoms in patients with depression. About 50% of depressed patients report pain, and many types of pain occur more frequently in people with depression than in those without. There is some evidence that pain in depressed patients is associated with a poor response to treatment. Pain and depression may share common pathways and may both respond to treatment with certain antidepressants. Doctors need to be alert to pain in depressed patients and be prepared to treat it.