Open AccessAnxiety and Depressive Symptoms and Anxiety Sensitivity in Youngsters With Noncardiac Chest Pain and Benign Heart Murmurs
Author(s) -
J. D. Lipsitz
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of pediatric psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1465-735X
pISSN - 0146-8693
DOI - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsh062
Subject(s) - anxiety , chest pain , asymptomatic , medicine , anxiety sensitivity , heart murmur , psychiatry , physical therapy , pediatrics
Chest pain in children and adolescents is rarely associated with cardiac disease. We sought to examine psychological symptoms in youngsters with medically unexplained chest pain. We hypothesized that children and adolescents with medically unexplained chest pain would have high rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms.
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