Review: antidepressants reduce pain intensity in psychogenic pain or somatoform pain disorder

Antidepressants v placebo in psychogenic or somatoform pain disorder

Outcomes at 4–52 weeks of follow up	No of studies	Effect size	Controls with a worse outcome than treated*
*The proportion of control patients with a worse outcome than the average treated patient: calculated from data in article.
Overall pain intensity	11	0.48	68%
Headache	Not reported	0.59	72%
Mixed pain	Not reported	0.39	65%