PTSD Symptoms After Sudden Heart Events Associated With Increased Mortality Risk
Nov 11th 2008Drug InformationAnxiety
In patients who receive implantable cardiac defibrillators after a sudden heart event, there is a higher likelihood of death within five years if they experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a report released on November 3, 2008 in Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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