Functional restoration is a multimodal approach to chronic pain and depression, and includes psychoeducation about pain, biofeedback, mindfulness training, physical and occupational therapy, and detoxification of narcotics.
Patients with spondylosis, intervertebral disk disorders, and other back issues and comorbid depression may have greater healthcare expenditures than those without the comorbidity.
The Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia German version does not show significant differences in pain reduction in patients with advanced dementia treated with oxycodone vs placebo.
Researchers developed a 4-phase life stress interview to determine whether women with chronic urogenital pain could derive benefits from disclosing stressors and gaining awareness of links between stress, emotions, and symptoms.
Children and adolescents with temporomandibular disorders may experience emotional, somatic, and aggressive behavior more frequently than their healthy counterparts.
Researchers conducted a double-blind crossover study in adults with treatment-resistant depression to determine the involvement of the opioid system in ketamine’s antidepressant effects.
Pain may partly mediate the observed association between physical performance and depressive symptoms in patients with radiographic knee osteoarthritis.