I think a forum for chronic Pain/illness would be a great thing. It's my understanding that a lot of people who suffer with chronic pain have very high rate of depression or might have had a mental disorder before the problem began.
some info on suicide rates of people suffering from chronic pain
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1809412
I apologize If one already exists and I missed it.
Chronic Pain
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Paul Gilmartin
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Re: Chronic Pain
You might try posting under the thread The Mental Burden of a Non-Mental Health Issue since it already exists.
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http://mentalpod.comNothing degrades the quality of my life like obsessing about the quality of my life.