A challenge for psychocardiology: Addressing the causes and consequences of patients' perceptions of enduring somatic threat

The enduring somatic threat (EST) model of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to life-threatening medical events suggests that PTSD-like symptoms represent patients' sensitization to cues of ongoing threat in the body. In this article, we review research on the prevalence and consequences...

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Published in:	The American psychologist Vol. 73; no. 9; p. 1160
Main Authors:	Edmondson, Donald, Birk, Jeffrey L, Ho, Vivian T, Meli, Laura, Abdalla, Marwah, Kronish, Ian M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.12.2018
Subjects:	Cardiovascular Diseases - complications Cardiovascular Diseases - psychology Cardiovascular Diseases - surgery Female Humans Male Middle Aged Models, Psychological Myocardial Revascularization - psychology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
ISSN:	1935-990X, 1935-990X
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