Mental disorders in people with chronic pain: An international perspective

Nicholas, M. K. (2007). "Mental disorders in people with chronic pain: An international perspective " Pain 129(3): 231-232.

In an editorial writing for the “Pain” journal, the author provided a good summary about the zeitgeist on how the interplay between pain and mental disorders are laid out (Nicholas 2007).

Essentially, there are three kinds of views—mental disorder as the antecedent of chronic pain, mental disorder as the consequence of chronic pain, and, my favorite view, the chronic pain and mental disorder are maintained through the interplay of their comorbidity (Bair, et al., 2003).

Again, I am born too late-- didn't I cook up my armchair view about the interplay in my blog except for the accident came years late… lol sigh