Psychological comorbidities predicting prescription opioid abuse among patients in chronic pain presenting to the emergency department

Pain Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1107-1117

  Wilsey, Barth L ^a,b   Fishman, Scott M ^a   Tsodikov, Alexander ^a,c   Ogden, Christine ^a   Symreng, Ingela ^a   Ernst, Amy ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Anxiety; Chronic Pain; Depression; Emergency Department; Personality Disorder; Prescription Opioid Abuse

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PANIC; PERSONALITY DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONNAIRE 4TH EDITION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENER AND OPIOID ASSESSMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH PAIN INSTRUMENT; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 45249096413     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2007.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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