ArticleMilitary medicine2024
Comorbid Chronic Pain and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Current Rates and Psychiatric Comorbidities Among U.S. Military Veterans.
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- Combining Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and Physiotherapy to Improve the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain in Veterans: Protocol for a Multi-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- The lived and living experiences of having chronic pain and mental illness among Canadian veterans: A qualitative descriptive study.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- The COMPASS framework for chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder: navigating the transition from threat to safety through yoga.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Discrimination and wellbeing are differentially related to pain severity for the racially marginalized.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2025Article
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- Stellate Ganglion Block for PTSD and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Case Report of Three Veterans.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Intensive Treatment of Chronic Pain and PTSD: The PATRIOT Program.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionThis study reports rates of comorbid chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among U.S. military veterans and rates of psychiatric comorbidities among those with both chronic pain and PTSD. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study utilized National Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative data to identify all veterans treated for chronic pain or PTSD in 2023. Multivariable logistic regression models determined the likelihood of each psychiatric comorbidity for those with chronic pain and PTSD relative to those with chronic pain only and separately to those with PTSD only, after adjusting for demographic variables and all other psychiatric comorbidities.
resultsOf the 5,846,453 service users of the VA in 2023, a total of 2,091,391 (35.8%) met the criteria for chronic pain and 850,191 (14.5%) met the criteria for PTSD. Furthermore, 21.6% of those with chronic pain also had PTSD and over half (53.2%) of those with PTSD also met the criteria for chronic pain (n = 452,113). Veterans with chronic pain and PTSD were significantly more likely to be women, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latina, and urban dwelling. Veterans with chronic pain and PTSD had significantly higher rates of all selected comorbidities relative to veterans with chronic pain only.
conclusionsPatients with comorbid chronic pain and PTSD may benefit from tailored treatments to address the additive impact of these conditions.
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