“…Inferior clinical outcomes have been demonstrated with a diagnosis of psychiatric illness in shoulder surgery, including RCR, labrum repair, and shoulder arthroplasty. 24 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 Our findings corroborate established literature demonstrating inferior outcomes after shoulder surgery in individuals with mental illness, but specifically pertain to postoperative anterior shoulder pain. Consequently, patients diagnosed with MDD or anxiety disorders, as well as those taking psychotropic medications should receive appropriate counsel about the increased risk of recurrent anterior shoulder pain following ABT.…”