The incremental burden of pain in patients with depression: results of a Japanese survey

• Published in: BMC psychiatry Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 104
• Main Authors: Vietri, Jeffrey, Otsubo, Tempei, Montgomery, William, Tsuji, Toshinaga, Harada, Eiji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 07.05.2015; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Absenteeism; Adult; Case-Control Studies; Cost of Illness; Depressive Disorder, Major - complications; Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology; Efficiency; Female; Health aspects; Health Surveys; Humans; Japan; Male; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Pain - complications; Pain - psychology; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Pharmaceutical industry; Psychological aspects; Quality of Life; Surveys; Work - psychology; Young Adult; Japan; United States

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic mental illness which affects an estimated 3% of the Japanese population. Many patients with MDD report painful physical symptoms, and research outside of Japan suggests such patients may represent a subtype of depression which is more severe and difficult...