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Mental health scars common after cardiac arrest

(12/17/2012)

Mental health scars common after cardiac arrest
Reuters

December 13, 2012

A quarter of cardiac arrest survivors suffer long-term psychological problems such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, a new review of research estimates. This additional stress on recovering patients is under-diagnosed, researchers say, and doctors have few standard methods for identifying who is at risk.

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Keywords: mental health, scars, common, cardiac arrest

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