The Role of Demoralization and Meaning in Life (DEMIL) in Influencing Suicidal Ideation Among Patients Affected by Chronic Pain: Protocol of a Single-Center, Observational, Case-Control Study

Alessandra Costanza   ^{1, 2 *} , MD ;   Vasileios Chytas   ^{3 *} , MD ;   Viridiana Mazzola   ^{1, 4} , PhD ;   Valérie Piguet   ³ , MD ;   Jules Desmeules   ^{1, 3} , MD, Prof Dr ;   Guido Bondolfi   ^{1, 4} , MD, Prof Dr ;   Christine Cedraschi   ^{1, 3} , Prof Dr

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

² Department of Psychiatry, Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy

³ Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Service of Liaison Psychiatry and Crisis Intervention, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

*these authors contributed equally