Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 29-41 , 1 October 2004

The Impact of Event Scale—Revised: evaluation of the subscales and correlations to psychophysiological startle response patterns in survivors of a life-threatening cardiac event: An analysis of 129 patients with an implanted cardioverter defibrillator

  • Jens Baumert

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    • Institut und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin, Psychotherapie und Med. Psychologie Universitätsklinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Langerstraße 3-81675, Munich, Germany
    • National Research Center for Environment and Health (GSF), Institute of Epidemiology, Germany
    • ,
  • Heidi Simon

      Affiliations

    • Institut und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin, Psychotherapie und Med. Psychologie Universitätsklinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Langerstraße 3-81675, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Harald Gündel

      Affiliations

    • Institut und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin, Psychotherapie und Med. Psychologie Universitätsklinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Langerstraße 3-81675, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Claus Schmitt

      Affiliations

    • Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Klinik an der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Karl-Heinz Ladwig

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institut und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin, Psychotherapie und Med. Psychologie Universitätsklinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Langerstraße 3-81675, Munich, Germany. Tel.: +49-89-4140-4399; fax: +49-89-4140-4845.
    • Institut und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin, Psychotherapie und Med. Psychologie Universitätsklinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Langerstraße 3-81675, Munich, Germany
    • National Research Center for Environment and Health (GSF), Institute of Epidemiology, Germany

Received 24 January 2003 ,Revised 17 September 2003 ,Accepted 22 September 2003.

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PII: S0165-0327(03)00230-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2003.09.006

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 29-41 , 1 October 2004

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