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Experiences of depression and illness behavior in patients with intractable chronic pain
Author(s) -
Stein Norman,
Fruchter Helane J.,
Trief Paula
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198301)39:1<31::aid-jclp2270390106>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - irritability , depression (economics) , psychology , abandonment (legal) , feeling , psychiatry , clinical psychology , chronic pain , conviction , disease , illness behavior , psychotherapist , anxiety , medicine , social psychology , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics , pathology
Studied the relationships between depth of depression, anaclitic and introjective depressive experiences, and dimensions of illness behavior in 37 chronic pain patients. Depth of depression and degree of introjective depressive experiences showed similar positive covariation with a broad range of illness behavior: Namely, hypochondriasis, disease conviction, affective inhibition, affective disturbance, and irritability. The findings suggest that depression characterized by feelings of guilt, worthlessness, and self‐doubt, rather than themes of abandonment, is associated differentially with disturbances in the illness behavior of chronic pain patients.