Exploration of the Relationship Between Disability Perception, Preference for Death over Disability, and Suicidality in Patients with Acute and Chronic Pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 552-561

  Fishbain, David A ^a,b,c   Bruns, Daniel ^d,e   Meyer, Laura J ^f   Lewis, John E ^a   Gao, Jinrao ^g   Disorbio, John Mark ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Douglas Gardens   (United States)

^d Health Psychology Associates   (United States)

^e University of Denver ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^g State Farm Insurance   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Suicide Ideation; Acute Pain; Acute Pain Patients; Battery of Health Improvement (BHI 2); Chronic Pain; Chronic Pain Patients; Community Nonpatients without Pain; Community Patients with Pain; Disability Perception; Passive Suicide Ideation; Preference for Death over Disability; Suicidality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR HEALTH INVENTORY BORDERLINE SCALE; BEHAVIOR HEALTH INVENTORY FAMILY DYSFUNCTION SCALE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEATH; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PAIN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84859776788     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01358.x     Document Type: Article

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