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Combo Treatment Relieves Comorbid Pain and Depression

Randomized clinical trial reveals use of a two-pronged intervention of optimized antidepressant and behavioral pain management therapy improves symptoms of comorbid pain and depression. Medpage Today's Crystal Phend interviews Kurt Kroenke, MD. regarding the research.

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Ref: Phend, Crystal. Combo Treatement Relieves Comorbid Pain and Depression. MedPage Today Website. Accessed online November 27, 2009.

Original story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Depression/14380

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