A Longitudinal Study of 21 Subjects with Coronary Heart Disease: Life Changes, Catecholamine Excretion and Related Biochemical Reactions

Theorell, Töres; Lind, Evy; Fröberg, Jan; Karlsson, Claes-Göran; Levi, Lennart

doi:10.1097/00006842-197211000-00003

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“…25 Theorell et al (1993). 22 and Mahendru et al (1976). 14 We observed the significant life stresses are more in study patients.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…20 Forrester et al (1992) reported major depressive syndromes were present in 19% of patients following acute myocardial infarction. 21 Several well conducted studies reported no relationship between environmental stress and myocardial infarction, conceptualized as life change and risk of coronary heart disease (Theorell et al, 1972). 22 This may be due in part to the inappropriateness of life changes as a dimension of judging the impact of life event.…”

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“…21 Several well conducted studies reported no relationship between environmental stress and myocardial infarction, conceptualized as life change and risk of coronary heart disease (Theorell et al, 1972). 22 This may be due in part to the inappropriateness of life changes as a dimension of judging the impact of life event. Lundberg et al (1975) were unable to distinguish between patients with coronary heart disease and controls on the basis of a life change index, but the use of an index based on the event to which subjects personally rated items in a life event inventory.…”

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“…25 Theorell et al (1993). 22 and Mahendru et al (1976). 14 We observed the significant life stresses are more in study patients.…”

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“…Lown and Verrier (9) have recently reviewed their elegant animal experiments which demonstrated the relationship between stress and cardiac arrhythmias mediated by the posterior hypothalamus and sympathetic neural pathways. Other studies have demonstrated relationships between stress and serum cholesterol, hypertension and variations in blood clotting time (13,14,16). This study has not been helpful in implicating one or the other of these connecting links.…”

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Monitoring Life Stress to Prevent Recurrence of Coronary Heart Disease Episodes: Report on a Feasibility Study

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Miranda²

1977

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“…The urate serum concentration reflects the general activation level in the sympathoadrenomedullary system [23, 24]. …”

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Treatment of Patients with Chronic Somatic Symptoms by Means of Art Psychotherapy: A Process Description

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Background: Inability to express emotions is common in patients with long-lasting somatic symptoms associated with incapacitation and impaired quality of life. One method for treating this inability is art psychotherapy. In this study the typical course in such treatments is described. Patients were followed longitudinally before therapy and every 4th to 6th month during the treatment. Methods: Patients with long-lasting psychosomatic conditions resulting in partial or total loss of working capacity for at least 1 year have been treated in the programme. All of them had chronic pain. The majority of the patients that were referred to us were offered treatment. Three-fourths of those who started treatment stayed in treatment as long as the therapist considered it optimal. Twenty-four patients (22 women and 2 men) in the present study had their treatment started on average 2 years (range 13–42 months) before the end of the treatment period. In addition these 24 patients were contacted 6–48 months after the end of the therapy (average 23 months) and a short post-evaluation was made by telephone. Results: The first year of treatment was characterized by emotional turmoil paralleled by increased energy level reflected in temporary elevation of serum uric acid. Significant improvement was observed with regard to anxiety-depression after one year of treatment. A tendency towards decreased levels of psychosomatic symptoms in general was observed after two years of treatment. One-fourth of the 20 non-working or parttime working patients increased their working activity. Conclusions: A slow partial recovery was observed. Art psychotherapy may have contributed to this.

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A Longitudinal Study of 21 Subjects with Coronary Heart Disease: Life Changes, Catecholamine Excretion and Related Biochemical Reactions

Cited by 70 publications

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Study on Psychosocial Stressors and Psychiatry Morbidity in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Quantitative Study

Study on Psychosocial Stressors and Psychiatry Morbidity in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Quantitative Study

Monitoring Life Stress to Prevent Recurrence of Coronary Heart Disease Episodes: Report on a Feasibility Study

Treatment of Patients with Chronic Somatic Symptoms by Means of Art Psychotherapy: A Process Description

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