A picture paints a thousand words: Heart drawings reflect acute distress and illness perception and predict posttraumatic stress symptoms after acute myocardial infarction

The aim of this study was to examine whether heart drawings of patients with acute myocardial infarction reflect acute distress symptoms and negative illness beliefs and predict posttraumatic stress symptoms 3 months post-myocardial infarction. In total, 84 patients aged over 18 years drew pictures...

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Main Authors: Mary Princip, Miriam Koemeda, Rebecca E Meister, Jürgen Barth, Ulrich Schnyder, Hansjörg Znoj, Jean-Paul Schmid, Roland von Känel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-06-01
Series:Health Psychology Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102915592091