Risk factors for depression and anxiety in survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Objective: Depression and anxiety are common morbidities of critical illness. We assessed risk factors of depression and anxiety in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) survivors at 1 and 2 years post-hospital discharge.

Method: Risk factors for depression and anxiety at 1 and 2 years were assessed using stepwise multiple regression analyses, with and without 1-year outcomes.

Validation of the Symptoms of Illness Checklist (SIC) as a tool for health psychology research.

We developed the Symptoms of Illness Checklist (SIC) to study psychological influences on physical symptoms of illness. A total of 520 participants completed the SIC and, in some samples, the Salient Stressor Impact Questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale, Daily Hassles and Uplifts Scale, Derogatis Stress Profile, Life Experiences Survey, and the Symptoms CheckList-90-R. The SIC's test-retest, internal reliability, and validity verified by physician ratings, were very good.

Substance dependence and psychiatric disorders are related to outcomes in a mixed ICU population.

Objective: Substance dependence disorders are common in hospitalized patients and are associated with poor recovery. We compared mortality and discharge disposition in critically ill patients with and without substance dependence and patients with and without psychiatric disorders. We also compared the prevalence of substance dependence and psychiatric disorders to population data.

Cognitive and affective outcomes of more severe compared to less severe carbon monoxide poisoning.

Primary Objective: To assess cognitive sequelae, depression and anxiety following carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

Research Design: Prospective cohort study.

Methods And Procedures: This study prospectively followed 256 patients, 55 with less severe and 201 with more severe CO-poisoning.

When god sanctions killing: effect of scriptural violence on aggression.

Violent people often claim that God sanctions their actions. In two studies, participants read a violent passage said to come from either the Bible or an ancient scroll. For half the participants, the passage said that God sanctioned the violence.