Suicidal ideation in patients with chronic pain: The risk-benefit of pharmacotherapy

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Editorial

Martin D Cheatle. Pain. 2014 Dec.

. 2014 Dec;155(12):2446-2447.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.09.032. Epub 2014 Sep 28.

¹ Center for Studies of Addiction, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Suicidal ideation and behavior associated with antidepressant medications: Implications for the treatment of chronic pain.
Pereira A, Conwell Y, Gitlin MJ, Dworkin RH. Pereira A, et al. Pain. 2014 Dec;155(12):2471-2475. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.08.022. Epub 2014 Aug 27. Pain. 2014. PMID: 25168669 Review. No abstract available.

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