TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural models of comorbidity among common mental disorders
T2 - Connections to chronic pain
AU - Krueger, Robert F.
AU - Tackett, Jennifer L.
AU - Markon, Kristian E.
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - Patterns of comorbidity among common mental disorders can be understood from the perspective of a model that regards mood, anxiety and somatization disorders as elements within an internalizing spectrum of disorder, and substance use and antisocial behavior disorders as elements within a separate externalizing spectrum of disorder. In this chapter, we evaluate the possibility of linking this model to literature on chronic pain. Evidence from psychosocial and biological perspectives points towards mechanisms that link chronic pain to internalizing disorders. Such evidence indicates that the internalizing-externalizing model may provide a useful framework for suggesting new directions for research on connections between chronic pain and mood, anxiety, and related disorders and traits.
AB - Patterns of comorbidity among common mental disorders can be understood from the perspective of a model that regards mood, anxiety and somatization disorders as elements within an internalizing spectrum of disorder, and substance use and antisocial behavior disorders as elements within a separate externalizing spectrum of disorder. In this chapter, we evaluate the possibility of linking this model to literature on chronic pain. Evidence from psychosocial and biological perspectives points towards mechanisms that link chronic pain to internalizing disorders. Such evidence indicates that the internalizing-externalizing model may provide a useful framework for suggesting new directions for research on connections between chronic pain and mood, anxiety, and related disorders and traits.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 15248367
AN - SCOPUS:4544286198
SN - 0065-3268
VL - 25
SP - 63
EP - 77
JO - Fortschritte der psychosomatischen Medizin. Advances in psychosomatic medicine
JF - Fortschritte der psychosomatischen Medizin. Advances in psychosomatic medicine
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