Death by suicide is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Because individuals
with chronic pain are at least twice as likely to report suicidal behaviors or to complete …

Background. This paper reviews and integrates the growing literature concerning the
prevalence of and risk factors for suicidality in chronic pain. Method. A series of systematic …

Background While it is recognised that depression is prevalent in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA),
recent studies have also highlighted significant levels of anxiety in RA patients. This study …

Two sets of contributory factors to depression among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
are generally examined–the social context of the individual and the biologic disease state of …

Objectives Investigations of the association between chronic pain conditions and suicidal
ideation (SI) and suicide attempts (SA) have rarely taken the effect of mental disorders into …

Purpose The objective of the study was to examine the association between 39 physical
diseases and death by suicide in older adults. Methods Individual-level register data on all …

Purpose To evaluate risk of suicide ideation (SI) after childhood cancer, prevalence of SI in a
cohort of adult survivors of pediatric cancers was compared with prevalence in a sibling …

This study examined the multivariate relationships of psychosocial factors with well-being in
rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Fifty-five patients with early RA (< six months), 52 with intermediate …

The management of chronic disease is a major challenge for global health care in the 21st
century. The World Health Organization estimates that by the year 2020, depressive …

Objectives. Suicidal behaviour (SB) entered the DSM-5, underlying a specific biological
vulnerability. Then, recent findings suggested a possible role of the immune system in SB …