Back pain among long-term survivors of childhood leukemia.

Background: The objectives of this study are to determine the prevalence and relative risk (RR) of back pain and identify possible mechanisms of back pain among childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors.

Methods: Surveys were mailed to 5 + -year survivors of childhood ALL aged 13 to 25 years. Survivors' siblings were also invited to participate in the study.

Depression and pain: implications for symptomatic presentation and pharmacological treatments.

Only recently have the association between depressive disorders and the presentation of painful physical symptoms gained attention. This article reviews the symptoms, assessment, and diagnoses of pain associated with depression. This article also reviews pharmacological treatment options.

Reductions in stress and depressive symptoms in mothers of substance-exposed infants, participating in a psychosocial program.

Objective: Depression profoundly impairs psychosocial functioning. Depression can have disruptive effects on a person's family, with significant impact on the psychosocial development of the children. Recent research suggests that a mother's depressive symptoms may increase parenting stress and that parenting stress may, in turn, increase depressive symptoms, with a possible negative cycle to this process.