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Title: Mental disorders among persons with chronic back or neck pain: results from the World Mental Health Surveys.
Author: Demyttenaere K, Bruffaerts R, Lee S, Posada-Villa J, Kovess V, Angermeyer MC, Levinson D, de Girolamo G, Nakane H, Mneimneh Z, Lara C, de Graaf R, Scott KM, Gureje O, Stein DJ, Haro JM, Bromet EJ, Kessler RC, Alonso J, Von Korff M.
Abstract:
This paper reports cross-national data concerning back or neck pain comorbidity with mental disorders. We assessed (a) the prevalence of chronic back/neck pain, (b) the prevalence of mental disorders among people with chronic back/neck pain, (c) which men
Journal: Pain. 2007 Jun;129(3):332-42. Epub 2007 Mar 9. Comment in: Pain. 2007 Jun;129(3):231-2.