Posttraumatic stress disorder and general health problems following myocardial infarction (Post-MI PTSD) among older patients: The role of personality

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1163-1174

  Chung, Man Cheung ^a   Berger, Zoë ^b   Jones, Rupert ^c   Rudd, Hannah ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Older people; Personality; Posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33845945407     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1624     Document Type: Article

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