The pain suicidality association: A narrative review

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1835-1849

  Fishbain, David A ^a,b,c   Lewis, John E ^a   Gao, Jinrun ^c  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c State Farm Insurance   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Acute pain patients; Chronic pain; Chronic pain patients; Pain; Review; Suicidality; Suicide attempts; Suicide completion; Suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NARRATIVE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUICIDE COMPLETION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; PAIN; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84919576535     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12463     Document Type: Review

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