RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pain symptoms in depression: definition and clinical significance
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 390
OP 395
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-4-390
VO 5
IS 4
A1 Cornelius Katona
A1 Robert Peveler
A1 Christopher Dowrick
A1 Simon Wessely
A1 Charlotte Feinmann
A1 Linda Gask
A1 Huw Lloyd
A1 Amanda C de C Williams
A1 Elizabeth Wager
YR 2005
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/4/390.abstract
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.