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Completed suicide in chronic pain
D A Fishbain1, M Goldberg, R S Rosomoff
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida.
The Clinical Journal of Pain
|March 1, 1991
Summary
Chronic pain patients have significantly higher suicide rates than the general population. This study highlights the urgent need for further research into suicide prevention for individuals with chronic pain.
Area of Science:
- Medical research
- Psychiatry
- Epidemiology
Background:
- Convergent evidence suggests a high suicide completion rate among chronic pain patients.
- This critical issue has been under-investigated in scientific literature.