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Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms Common After Heart Attack

August 18, 2009 by

Many people experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress following a heart attack, and anxiety, depression and social withdrawal are also commonplace. These are the findings of a study by Susan Ayers of the University of Sussex and colleagues Claire Copland and Emma Dunmore, published recently, in the British Journal of Health Psychology.