Resource Tag: MYOCARDIUM--DISEASES
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Relationships Among Locus of Control, Coronary-Prone Behavior, and Suicidal Ideation
This study examined how each of two factors, coronary-prone behaviour & locus of control, were related to suicide ideation in a sample of 43 college students. Scores on Rotter’s Internal-External Locus of Control & the Suicidal Ideation Scale were significantly positively correlated. A hypothesis that Type B individuals would have greater suicidal ideation, because of […]
Suicide Among Patients With Cardiorespiratory Illnesses
Patients with respiratory & cardiac disease who committed suicide while in veterans hospitals were compared to matched controls. A number of personality & behavior items significantly differentiated the two groups. The suicides seemed more emotionally disturbed, had poorer relationships with hospital staff & family, & were seen as problem patients. A behaviour pattern which emerged […]
Stress and Heart Disease: Evidence of Associations Between Unemployment and Heart Disease From the OPCS Longitudinal Study
Both overall & cause-specific mortality patterns in 1971-81 among men & women directly or indirectly affected by unemployment in April 1971 were studied. Findings are summarized with attention to mortality from circulatory diseases. The study seems to support hypotheses about relationships between stress & overall mortality, with a marked excess for suicides. Sharp contrasts in […]
Depression Following Myocardial Infarction. 138th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association: The Brain and the Heart: Clinical Interrelationships
This article suggests that depression following myocardial infarction (MI) is a universal phenomenon & describes its course, cause & treatment. Post-MI depression may be characterized by fatigue, sleep & eating distubances, & suicidal thoughts. Common causes are given, & coping factors & treatment suggestions are included. 22 Refs. (LH)
Suicide Among Cardiovascular Patients (IN: The Psychology of Suicide, ed. by E S Shneidman et al)
45 patients with respiratory & cardiac disease who committed suicide while in veterans’ hospitals & 45 matched controls were studied. A number of personality & behaviour items significantly differentiated between the groups. In general, the suicides seemed more emotionally disturbed, had poorer relationships with hospital staff & family & were seen as problem patients. One […]
Attempted Suicide By a Patient With Severe Coronary Artery Disease
The case history of a 57 year old male who attempted suicide by inducing a myocardial infarction is presented. Pain from intermittent claudication prevented him from completing his intended suicide. (NBB)
Themes of Interaction in Medical Students’ Rorschach Responses as Predictors of Midlife Health or Disease
This study examines the role of human relationships as a psychological factor in the development of cancer. Variations in approaches to human relationships were tested by Rorschach test in a cohort of healthy medical students. Profiles of future cancer victims resembled those who became mentally ill or committed suicide & differed from those who remained […]