Chronic pain

By Henry McQuay, Lesley Smith, R. Moore. The Lancet, 2000

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Psychological Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Pain in Neurorehabilitation and Psychological Factors Predictive of Therapeutic Response: Evidence and Recommendations from the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation (2016, background): “Different lines of evidence underline the association between the two factors: patients that report chronic pain have lower scores in attentional and learning skills, delayed recall, reaction times, prospective memory, psychomotor skills, recognition of mental and emotional states, and executive fun”
Chronic Pain and Psychopathology: Research Findings and Theoretical Considerations (2002, background): “However, some researchers have suggested that certain pain sites are more commonly associated with depression than others (41) and that the incidence of depression may vary across treatment settings (42).”
Prevalence of chronic pain in the UK: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population studies (2016, background): “telephone survey.(7) 11 The purpose of this review was to synthesise existing data on the population prevalence of various chronic pain definitions, in order to produce much needed, accurate and contemporary national estimates.”