Posttraumatic stress symptomatology in patients with automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators: nature and intervention.
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].
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Department of Psychology, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21210, USA.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012803:Sick Role; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology