Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

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Authors

Beth E. Cohen · University of California, San Francisco

Charles R. Marmar · San Francisco VA Medical Center

Thomas C. Neylan · Mental Health Services

Nelson B. Schiller · General Department of Preventive Medicine

Sadia Ali · San Francisco VA Medical Center

Mary A. Whooley · San Francisco VA Medical Center

Abstract

Among patients with heart disease, PTSD is more strongly associated with patient-reported cardiovascular health status than objective measures of cardiac function. Future studies should explore whether assessing and treating PTSD symptoms can improve function and quality of life in patients with heart disease.

Topics & Keywords

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Cardiac Health and Mental Health Resilience and Mental Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of General Psychiatry

Volume 66, Issue 11, pp. 1214-1214

DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.149

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