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Spine Health Simultaneous Treatment for Depression and Chronic Back Pain When the diagnosis of major depression in the chronic back pain patient is missed or ignored, treatments strictly directed at the pain are much more likely to fail. As concluded by Ohayon and Schatzberg (2003), the presence of a chronic pain physical condition increases the duration of depressive mood, and chronic pain patients seeking medical consultation should be routinely screened for a major depression. Continue reading when you visit Spine Health. Online Conference Transcript Coping With and Treating Fibromyalgia As we use the term today, fibromyalgia refers to a set of symptoms and signs that we use to designate the person as having fibromyalgia. We use the term to provide a patient with a diagnosis. But the term doesn't refer to any underlying disease process. From Our Bookstore
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Our guest, Susan, was sexually abused over 30 years ago. She's been diagnosed with major depression, PTSD, OCD and panic disorder and was hospitalized at least twice. Susan's spent the last 10 years in therapy trying to deal with what happened. Over that period of time, she's changed meds, changed doctors, tried to journal, tried meditation, tried keeping busy. At 45, she still can't deal with the sadness. She, like many who suffer from various psychological disorders, wants to know -- what's it take to get better? Listen to this Radio Show Archives when you click here with your Windows media player. Check the list of other Radio Shows here.
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