Publication Date
2006-01-01
Availability
Open access
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Psychology (Arts and Sciences)
Date of Defense
2005-07-27
First Committee Member
Biing Shen - Committee Chair
Second Committee Member
Marc Gellman - Committee Member
Third Committee Member
Frank Penedo - Committee Member
Fourth Committee Member
Ronald Goldberg - Committee Member
Fifth Committee Member
Steven Ullmann - Dean of the Graduate School
Abstract
The literature has demonstrated that depression is a significant predictor of morbidity and mortality for individuals who have experienced an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Despite this robust relationship, few studies have systematically examined the demographic, psychosocial, neuroimmunological and hormonal predictors of depression amung post-AMI individuals in a longitudinal design...
Keywords
Markers; Post Myocardial Infarction; Depression
Recommended Citation
Wachowiak, Paul, "Prediction of Depressive Symptomology in Patients after Acute Myocardial Infarction: an Examination of Psychosocial Factors, Inflammatory Markers, and Cortisol Response" (2006). Open Access Theses. 104.
http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_theses/104