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Comparative Study
. 1989 Mar;36(3):335-337.
doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(89)90093-6.

Pain management as an antidepressant: long-term resolution of pain-associated depression

Toshihiko Maruta  1 , Mary K Vatterott, Mary Jane McHardy
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Comparative Study

Pain management as an antidepressant: long-term resolution of pain-associated depression

Toshihiko Maruta et al. Pain. 1989 Mar.

Abstract

Of 100 consecutive patients admitted to a pain management program for patients without malignant disease who had chronic pain, 54 were definitely or probably depressed and 46 were not depressed by Research Diagnostic Criteria. As a result of 98% improvement of depression and low frequency (2%) of new development of depression, 98 of the original 100 patients were not depressed at the time of dismissal. This progress was maintained at long-term follow-up (average, 11.6 months): 89 of 100 patients remained non-depressed.

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