Self-Reported Pain Complaints among Afghanistan/Iraq Era Men and Women Veterans with Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1529-1533

  Runnals, Jennifer Jane ^a,b,c   Van Voorhees, Elizabeth ^a,b,c   Robbins, Allison T ^a,b   Brancu, Mira ^a,b,c   Straits Troster, Kristy ^a,c   Beckham, Jean C ^a,b,c   Calhoun, Patrick S ^a,b,c  

^a VISN 6 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Pain; PTSD; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PAIN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VETERAN;

DEPRESSION; PAIN; PTSD; VETERAN;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; PAIN; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84885869447     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12208     Document Type: Article

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