Chronic pain is a malefic force which imposes physiologic, psychologic, and economic stress on the patient and family.
2. Yes there is a correlation between Chronic Pain and depression. Patients who experience forms of somatic pain are also presented with depression. They also suggest that a majority of chronic pain patients with elevated depression scores use of a variety of measures, primarily with the MMPI.
3. One of the things I have learned after reading the article is the awareness of chronic pain as a major problem in our society continues to grow. Another thing I have learned is that pain has cost the American people between $40 billion and $50 billion annually according to the literature. I also learned people that have
2. Yes there is a correlation between Chronic Pain and depression. Patients who experience forms of somatic pain are also presented with depression. They also suggest that a majority of chronic pain patients with elevated depression scores use of a variety of measures, primarily with the MMPI.
3. One of the things I have learned after reading the article is the awareness of chronic pain as a major problem in our society continues to grow. Another thing I have learned is that pain has cost the American people between $40 billion and $50 billion annually according to the literature. I also learned people that have