Psychological distress and delusional memories after critical care: A literature review

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-296

  Kiekkas, P ^a   Theodorakopoulou, G ^b   Spyratos, F ^c   Baltopoulos, G I ^d  

^a Patras Specialized Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Care; Critical; Health; Intensive; International issues; Literature Review; Nursing; Psychology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DELUSION; DREAM; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; DELUSIONS; DREAMS; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955719694     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00809.x     Document Type: Review

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