Anxiety in patients who have had a myocardial infarction: The maintaining role of perceived physical sensations and causal attributions

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-217

  Ratcliffe, Denise ^a   MacLeod, Andrew ^b   Sensky, Tom ^c  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bodily sensations; Causal attributions; Myocardial infarction (MI); Persistent anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; PANIC; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 33645332114     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465806002773     Document Type: Article

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