Psychological Pain May Be Associated With Physical Pain, A Recent Suicidal Act, As Well As Depressive Symptom Severity, Research Suggests

Healio (2/15, Herpen) reports, “Psychological pain is linked with levels of physical pain and recent suicidal acts, as well as depression symptom severity,” researchers concluded in a study including “a total of 371 patients (259 women) aged 18 to 71 years who were admitted for a major depressive episode according to DSM-IV criteria between 2010 and 2017 to the department of psychiatric emergency and acute care at” a hospital in France. The findings were published online Feb. 8 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

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— “Physical pain, depression symptoms, suicidal acts all indicators of psychological pain “Robert Herpen, Healio, February 15, 2022

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