Thinking outside the box: Intensive care unit diaries to improve psychological outcomes in family members

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2231-2232

  Stevenson, Jennifer E ^a   Dowdy, David W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; diary; family intervention; intensive care units; posttraumatic stress disorder; survivors

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVOR;

FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WRITING;

EID: 84862736672     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182514c00     Document Type: Editorial

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