Psychological Distress as a Risk Factor for Stroke-Related Mortality
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Psychological distress as a risk factor for stroke-related mortality.
In this issue, May et al report that psychological distress is a predictor of fatal ischemic stroke. What is “psychological distress”? It is a nonspecific term that encompasses sadness, frustration, anxiety, and a number of other negative mood states. It includes both mild and severe forms of these mood states, as well as both transient and persistent ones. It also refers both to symptoms of ps...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/str.33.1.5