Chronic pain: lifetime psychiatric diagnoses and family history.
Thirty-seven patients with chronic pain admitted to a 3-week inpatient pain program were interviewed using the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule and the family history method. The most frequent psychiatric diagnoses were major depressive disorder (current episode = 32.4%, past episode = 43.2%) and alcohol abuse (40.5%). More than half of the patients had a history of one or more episodes of major depression and/or alcohol abuse before the onset of their chronic pain. Family history revealed that 59.5% of the patients had at least one first-degree family member with chronic pain, 29.7% had a family member with affective illness, and 37.8% had a family member with alcohol abuse.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales