Transdiagnostic Cognitive Processes in Chronic Pain and Comorbid PTSD and Depression in Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain in Veterans is a major problem compounded by comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Adopting a transdiagnostic framework to understanding "shared territory" among these diagnoses has the potential to inform our understanding of the underlying cognitive processes and mechanisms that transverse diagnostic boundaries.

Purpose

To examine the associations between pain-related cognitive processes (diversion, distancing, absorption, and openness), pain intensity, PTSD and depressive symptoms, and the extent to which Veterans with chronic pain with and without comorbid PTSD and depression engage in different/similar pain-related cognitive processes.

Methods

Secondary analysis of pretreatment data with a subsample (n = 147) of Vet

SUBMITTER: Day MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8832108 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature