Depression screening tool works for people with chronic pain

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A woman clutches her shoulder and neck in pain.

A new study found that a widely used depression screening questionnaire is accurate for people with and without chronic pain,

The finding debunks a common misconception that the screening inflates depression scores for people with chronic pain.

Some clinicians and researchers believed a person with chronic pain might score higher on the eight-item Patient Health Questionnaire...

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