title: Psychiatric symptoms in patients with non-organic chronic intractable pain.
abstract: Patients (200) with chronic intractable pain were evaluated to identify various psychiatric symptoms. Identifiable psychiatric illness, commonest being neurotic depression and anxiety states, was found in 72 per cent patients. The common symptoms reported on the present state examination (PSE) were worrying (77%), depression (40%), loss of interest (31.5%), hopelessness (16.5%), loss of weight (18%), and suicidal ideas (8%) and irritability (41.5%). Two thirds of patients had both anxiety and depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000523:psychology*