Impact of Emergency Department Visit on Disease Self-Management in Adults with Depression

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2016

Publication Title

Journal of Health Psychology

Volume

23

Issue

4

First page number:

588

Last page number:

597

Abstract

Unexpected health-endangering events that lead to an emergency department visit may be perceived as “wake-up calls” and induce significant changes in health-related behavior (“health shock” effect). ... See full text for complete abstract.

Keywords

Adherence; Chronic illness; Depression; Emergency department; Health behavior

Disciplines

Emergency Medicine | Mental and Social Health

Language

English

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