December 1, 2009The International Journal of Psychiatry in MedicineOpen Access

Trajectory of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Caused by Myocardial Infarction: A Two-Year Follow-up Study

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40 patients diagnosed with PTSD using the Clinician-administered PTSD Scale after an average of 5 +/- 4…

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Follow-up

mean 26 +/- 6 months

Authors

CAChiara AbbasSidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University JSJean‐Paul SchmidPreventive Cardiology EGErika GulerUniversity of Bern

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Persistent PTSD post-MI merits clinical attention; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve long-term outcomes.

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Population

40 patients (78% men, mean age 54 +/- 8 years) diagnosed with PTSD using the Clinician-administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) after an average of 5 +/- 4 months following an index MI.

Outcome

Longitudinal course of an interviewer-rated diagnosis of PTSD and PTSD symptom severitypatient reported

Clinical PTSD is a highly persistent condition in post-MI patients, with two-thirds still meeting diagnostic criteria 2 years after initial diagnosis despite some symptom improvement.

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Abbas et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a719a98f44fa9f079df5f4d https://doi.org/10.2190/pm.39.4.b

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Trajectory of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Caused by Myocardial Infarction: A Two-Year Follow-up Study

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Trajectory of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Caused by Myocardial Infarction: A Two-Year Follow-up Study

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