Anxiety and Depression in Youth with Chronic Pain
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the considerable degree of overlap between depression/anxiety and chronic pain in children and youth
- Review possible mechanisms of the association
- Employ some diagnostic pearls useful for the assessment of depression and anxiety
- Review the evidence on the treatment of depression/anxiety among children and youth with chronic pain
Didactic Speaker

Dr. Peter Szatmari
Chief, Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative