An overview of the psychiatric disorders that seem to be of most importance in evaluating and treating chronic pain patients is presented.Data are reviewed on the prevalence of DSM-III psychiatric diagnoses in patients with chronic pain.Special attention is paid to psychiatric disorders and clinical issues that have been relativelyneglected in discussions of chronic pain, and unresolved questions that could be addressed in future research are identijed.
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