Associations between pain catastrophizing and clinical characteristics in adults with substance use disorders and co-occurring chronic pain

Background: Pain catastrophizing refers to the tendency to interpret pain as harmful, intolerable, or uncontrollable. Greater pain catastrophizing is associated with more pain-related negative phenomena, such as pain reactivity, pain disability, and emotional distress related to pain. Several studies of patients seeking chronic pain treatment have identified an association between pain catastrophizing and misuse of opioids and alcohol; however,...