GAD is good? Generalized anxiety disorder predicts a superior five-year outcome following an acute coronary syndrome

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-389

  Parker, Gordon ^a   Hyett, Matthew ^a   Hadzi Pavlovic, Dusan ^a   Brotchie, Heather ^a   Walsh, Warren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Cardiac sudden death; Coronary artery disease; Morbidity; Mortality; Patient readmission

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 79960698393     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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