Psychological pain and previous suicide attempts in young adults: Results with the Portuguese version of the Psychache Scale.

Published in: Journal of clinical psychology (2020)

Results demonstrated that unbearable pain is not a stronger predictor of a previous suicide attempt than is the bearable pain score of the Psychache Scale; that the total score of the Psychache scale provides an additional statistically significant contribution to the statistical prediction of a previous suicide attempt relative to the reporting of having had a psychiatric diagnosis.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
young adults
neuropathic pain
mental health
emergency department
spinal cord injury
psychometric properties
depressive symptoms
sleep quality
adverse drug