Preliminary findings on chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 143 (7) , 908-910
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.7.908
Abstract
Of 225 patients referred to a Veterans Administration pain clinic for treatment of chronic pain, 22 (10%) were later diagnosed as having posttraumatic stress disorder. Many of the 22 also had current or past histories of depression, anxiety, or substance abuse.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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