title: Psychopathology in heart transplant candidates.
abstract: Psychodiagnostic data are reported on 69 heart transplant candidates. Twenty-seven patients actually received a transplantation. A high prevalence of anxiety and depression appeared related to their desperate cardiac status. Distressful symptoms did not predict postoperative psychiatric complications. Reduced coping skills as reflected by diagnoses of personality disorders or organic mental impairment were associated with many behavioral problems capable of jeopardizing survival. Psychiatric input is necessary for, and was helpful in, the management of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry/Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville, KY 40292.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Lippmann
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Pool
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology