Defense mechanisms in cardiovascular disease patients with and without panic disorder
IntroductionThroughout the investigation of psychosocial factors in cardiovasculardiseases, type A personality, anger, hostility, anxiety, and depression have been proved to participate in this kind of sufferings. Cardiac patients exposed more frequently to life stressing events than patients who do...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Anáhuac |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UA |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:58216021002 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58216021002 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Medicina panic attacks panic disorder defensive styles Defense mechanism cardiovascular disease |
| Sumario: | IntroductionThroughout the investigation of psychosocial factors in cardiovasculardiseases, type A personality, anger, hostility, anxiety, and depression have been proved to participate in this kind of sufferings. Cardiac patients exposed more frequently to life stressing events than patients who do not suffer a cardiac disease might lack adaptive coping defense mechanisms to protect them or use maladaptive defense mechanisms that facilitate the pathogenic effects of anxiety. Few studies have been done in Mexico related to psychological defense mechanisms; none of them was related to medically ill patients. In the present study, the use of defense mechanisms by cardiac patients with panic disorder (panic attack) was compared to the use of defense mechanisms by patients that present similar cardiovascular pathologies but without mental disorders. |
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