A patient's recovery from subarachnoid hemorrhage can be compromised by significant other's excessive fears

Researchers from Durham University and Kings College London (United Kingdom) and the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg (Germany) found that patients who have suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) may not recover psychosocially as well as expected if their significant other is excessively fearful about the possibility of SAH recurrence. The researchers' findings are discussed in "Family and friends' fears of recurrence: impact on the patient's recovery after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical article," by Judith Covey, Ph.D., Adam J. Noble, Ph.D., and Thomas Schenk, Ph.D...
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