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Pain is the most common physical complaint while depression is the second most debilitating chronic medical condition. The co-occurrence of pain and depression is well known but a detailed understanding of their phenomenology, interrelationship, and effective therapies remains speculative. This book provides a synthetic approach to the evaluation and treatment of patients with chronic pain and depression that will generate therapeutic optimism and lead clinicians to improve quality of life and restore function. The recognition that depression is not just an affective disorder or demoralization is discussed in detail in the contributions: "Function, Disability, and Psychological Well-Being" and in "Structural Models of Comorbidity among Common Mental Disorders: Connections to Chronic Pain". Other articles review the complex regional pain syndrome and the Gulf War syndrome. Further papers discuss issues relating to the use of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain.
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Pain and Depression Advances in Psychosomatic Medicine Vol. 25 Series Editor T.N. Wise Falls Church, Va. Editors G.A. Fava Bologna I. Fukunishi Tokyo M.B. Rosenthal Cleveland, Ohio Pain and Depression An Interdisciplinary Patient-Centered Approach Volume Editors M.R. Clark Baltimore, Md. G.J. Treisman Baltimore, Md. 11 figures and 17 tables, 2004 Basel · Freiburg · Paris · London · New York · Bangalore · Bangkok · Singapore · Tokyo · Sydney Advances in Psychosomatic Medicine Founded 1960 by F. Deutsch (Cambridge, Mass.) A. Jores (Hamburg) B. Stockvis (Leiden) Continued 1972–1982 by F. Reichsman (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this title is available from the Library of Congress. Bibliographic Indices. This publication