Psychosocial Intervention for a Geriatric Patient to Address Fears Related to Implantable Cardioverter Defibfillator Discharges

Psychosomatics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 140-144

  Urizar Jr , Guido G ^a   Sears Jr , Samuel F ^b   Handberg, Eileen ^b   Conti, Jamie B ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEAR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 1442325489     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.45.2.140     Document Type: Letter

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