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Hypoalgesia in Depressive Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David I. Ben-Tovim  and
Martin S. Schwartz
David I. Ben-Tovim
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital, London, SW17
Martin S. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Copse Hill, London, SW20
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Summary

Neurophysiological studies of experimental pain were carried out on two severely depressed patients who complained of an inability to experience emotion. They had normal thresholds for stimulus appreciation but markedly increased thresholds for pain. These abnormal pain thresholds normalized with clinical recovery.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 138 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 37 - 39
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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