Pseudohypoalgesia on the skin: A novel view on the paradox of pain perception in depression

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-107

  Bär, Karl Jürgen ^a   Terhaar, Janneke ^a   Boettger, Michael Karl ^b   Boettger, Silke ^a   Berger, Sandy ^a   Weiss, Thomas ^c  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b University Hospital   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

affective disorders; major depression; pain; perception; physical symptoms; threshold; tolerance

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; THIOPHENES;

EID: 78651290435     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e3182046797     Document Type: Article

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