A randomized controlled trial of the safety and promise of cognitive-behavioral therapy using imaginal exposure in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder resulting from cardiovascular illness

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-174

  Shemesh, Eyal ^a   Annunziato, Rachel A ^a,b,c   Weatherley, Beth D ^d   Cotter, Gad ^d   Feaganes, John R ^d   Santra, Mugdha ^c   Yehuda, Rachel ^a   Rubinstein, David ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Momentum Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STENT; STROKE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PULSE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79951997939     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05116blu     Document Type: Article

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