Risk for Five Forms of Suicidality in Acute Pain Patients and Chronic Pain Patients vs Pain-Free Community Controls

@headsUPmigraine Fishbain DA, Bruns D, Disorbio JM, Lewis JE. Risk for five forms of suicidality in acute pain patients and chronic pain patients vs pain-free community controls. Pain Medicine. 2009 Sep 1;10(6):1095-105. https://t.co/iAx1MMDeS8

24.85% w/ acute pain (AP) & 34.9% w/ #ChronicPain (CP) reported a history of wanting to die. 5.83% of people w/ AP & 9.38% w/ CP reported frequent active #suicidal ideation, nearly 2x - 3x the risk of people w/o pain. https://t.co/iAx1MMlDty

RT @JillPiggott: 4) You never address the fact that undertreated acute pain puts us at risk of developing #Chronic Pain AND of becoming sui…

RT @JillPiggott: 4) You never address the fact that undertreated acute pain puts us at risk of developing #Chronic Pain AND of becoming sui…