Risk factors and prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder in Intensive Care Unit patients

Risk factors and prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder in Intensive Care Unit patients

Introduction Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with exposure to an actual death or serious injury threatening event , as is the example of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patient, and it is characterized by dissociative, avoidance, cognitive and mood symptoms. (1) It is known that IC...

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Main Authors: I. Caldas, S. Vieira, I. Vidó
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2022-06-01
Series:European Psychiatry
Subjects:
prevention
PTSD
risk factor
ICU
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822017369/type/journal_article

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