Early Psychological Counseling for the Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Induced by Acute Coronary Syndrome: The MI-SPRINT Randomized Controlled Trial

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 75-84

  Von Känel, Roland ^a,c   Barth, Jürgen ^d   Princip, Mary ^a,b,e   Meister Langraf, Rebecca E ^a,b,f   Schmid, Jean Paul ^c   Znoj, Hansjörg ^b   Herbert, Claudia ^g,h   Schnyder, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Clinic Barmelweid   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f Private Psychiatric and Psychotherapy Clinic   (Switzerland)

^g The Oxford Development Center Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary care; Behavioral cardiology; Emergency psychiatry; Myocardial infarction; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prevention; Psychological stress; Trauma stress

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; COMPLICATION; COUNSELING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85042365706     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000486099     Document Type: Article

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