Recent studies provide clear and convincing evidence that psychosocial factors contribute
significantly to the pathogenesis and expression of coronary artery disease (CAD). This …

Loss of normal autonomic nervous system control of heart rate and rhythm is an important
risk factor for adverse cardiovascular events. After myocardial infarction, reduction in beat-to …

El objetivo de este trabajo es hacer una revisión de los conceptos de ansiedad, angustia y
estrés, a fin de delimitar el solapamiento entre los mismos (especialmente entre ansiedad y …

BACKGROUND To examine prospectively the association between self-reported symptoms
of phobic anxiety and subsequent risk of coronary heart disease, a 2-year follow-up study …

Panic disorder, which is found in about 1.5 percent of the population at some time in their
lives, includes recurrent episodes of sudden, unpredictable, intense fear accompanied by …

This paper is a review of the literature on the use of polysomnography in the diagnosis of
sleep disorders in the adult. It is based on a search of MEDLINE from January 1966 through …

Background Panic disorder is a prevalent, often disabling condition among patients in the
primary care setting. Although numerous studies have assessed the effectiveness of …

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is defined as an uncontrollable disposition to worry
about one's welfare and that of one's immediate kin. Associated manifestations include …

• A structured psychiatric interview was used to examine the symptom history of 55 patients
meetingDSM-IIIcriteria for agoraphobia with panic attacks and five patients meetingDSM …

Page 1 THE EVALUATION OF SEXUAL DISORDERS Psychological and Medical Aspects
HELEN SINGER KAPLAN, MD, Ph.D. with contributions by Melvin Horwith, MD Julianne …