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Posttraumatic stress symptomatology in patients with automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators: nature and
1Department of Psychology, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21210, USA.
International Journal of Emergency Mental Health
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
With the advent of DSM-IV, medical illness may be considered a traumatic event. Yet there is evidence that a lifesaving intervention, the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) may be associated with PTSD, as well. Crisis intervention is reviewed as a possible model to assist AICD patients in their adjustment to AICD discharge and its associated distress [International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 2000, 2(4), 259-263].