The Prevalence and Type of Axis-I and Axis-II Mental Disorders in Subjects with Non-Specific Chronic Back Pain: Results from a Population-Based Study

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1231-1240

  Gerhardt, Andreas ^a   Hartmann, Mechthild ^a   Schuller Roma, Bärbel ^a   Blumenstiel, Klaus ^a,b   Bieber, Christiane ^a   Eich, Wolfgang ^a   Steffen, Sabine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Furst Stirum Klinik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic Design; Mental Comorbidity; Mental Disorders; Non Specific Chronic Back Pain (CBP); Prevalence; SCID

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

EID: 80051676503     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01190.x     Document Type: Article

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