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Today, we’re diving into Chronic Pain and whether or not it causes depression. This is a very important topic, especially for Veterans, so let’s dig in. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe!
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Neuroplasticity Underlying the Comorbidity of Pain and Depression; 2015; Doan, Manders, & Wang. Neuroplasticity.
The temporal relation between pain and depression: results from the longitudinal aging study; 2012; Hilderink, Burger, Deeg, Beekman, Voshaar. Psychosomatic Medicine.
Impact of pain on the course of depressive and anxiety disorders; 2012; Gerrits, Vogelzangs, Van Oppen, Van Marwijk, Van Der Horst, Penninx; Pain.
Impact of pain on depression treatment response in primary care; 2004; Bair, Robinson, Eckert, Stang, Croghan, Kroenke; Psychosomatic Medicine.
Chronic pain and major depressive disorder in the general population; 2010; Ohayon, Schatzberg; Journal of Psychiatric Research.
Depression and pain comorbidity: a literature review; 2003; Bair, Robinson, Katon, Kroenke; Arch Intern Med.
A 13 year prospective cohort study on the effects of aging and frailty on the depression-pain relationship in older adults; 2015; Sanders, Comijs, Bremmer, Deeg, Beekman; Int J Geriatric Psychiatry.
Who benefits from multimodal rehabilitation – an exploration of pain, psychological distress, and life impacts in over 35,000 chronic pain patients identified in the Swedish quality registry for pain rehabilitation; Gerdle, Akerblom, Brodda, Enthoven, Ernberg, Dong, Stalnacke, Ang, Boersma; J Pain Res. Sheng J, Liu S, Wang Y, Cui R, Zhang X.

The Link between Depression and Chronic Pain: Neural Mechanisms in the Brain. Neural Plast. 017;2017:9724371. doi: 10.1155/2017/9724371. Epub 2017 Jun 19. PMID: 28706741; PMCID: PMC5494581.