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Post‐traumatic stress disorder after subarachnoid haemorrhage
Author(s) -
Berry Elisabeth
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01392.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , neuropsychology , psychology , acute stress disorder , neurosurgery , psychiatry , traumatic stress , anxiety disorder , neurology , psychological trauma , clinical psychology , cognition
Objective . Draw attention to the presence of post‐traumatic stress disorder in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage patients. Design . Case review of 28 patients referred to clinical neuropsychology via a neurosurgery out‐patient clinic. Method . Clinical interview of patients presenting with anxiety related to their medical condition. Results . In 50 per cent of patients anxiety was found to be the main presenting problem and 32 per cent of referred patients met the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder. Conclusion . The case review identified significant psychological morbidity in patients with good physical recovery. This requires detailed scientific evaluation in future studies of outcome.