EMOTIONAL STRESS BEFORE STROKES: A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF 20 CASES
Authors: A ECKER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 January 1954EMOTIONAL STRESS BEFORE STROKES: A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF 20 CASESARTHUR ECKER, M.D.ARTHUR ECKER, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-1-49 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPreceding a cerebral stroke the patient has often suffered long-standing progressive difficulty in settling emotional problems. Immediately before the stroke he may have faced an overwhelming personal threat. Such life situations, in which the stroke occurs, have usually been overlooked, perhaps because the physician has been absorbed in the physical features of the case. Except for the occasional reference to anger immediately preceding apoplexy, medical literature has generally been silent about the association of stroke and previous emotion. Nevertheless, the pertinent facts can usually be brought out by the physician who inquires into the social and personal history.The purpose...Bibliography1. SeidenbergEcker RA: Psychodynamic and arteriographic studies of cerebral strokes, Psychosom. Med., in press. Google Scholar2. EckerRiemenschneider AP: Arteriographic evidence of spasm in cerebral vascular disorders, Neurology 3: 495-502, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. EngelHamburgerReiserPlunkett GLWWMJ: Electroencephalographic and psychologic studies of a case of migraine with severe pre-headache phenomena, Psychosom. Med. 15: 337-348, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Aring CD: Vascular diseases of the nervous system, Brain 68: 28-55, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Syracuse, N. Y.*Received for publication June 19, 1953.From the Department of Neurosurgery, Syracuse Memorial Hospital, and the State University of New York College of Medicine at Syracuse. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on ischemic stroke and the possible underlying mechanismsDe los factores psicológicos que influyen en otras afecciones médicas a los procesos psicosomáticos: ¿una lección olvidada?The emotional stress and risk of ischemic strokeAnger-Related Personality Traits and Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in Untreated Hypertensive MenAnger Expression and Incident StrokeStroke in former prisoners of warPrecipitants of Brain InfarctionDo anger and aggression affect carotid atherosclerosis?Prediction of outcomes after intracerebral hemorrhage.Life events and difficulties preceding stroke.Psychological risk factors in cardiovascular diseasesPrevention of recurrent stroke.Personality Patterns and Life Stress in lschemic Cerebrovascular DiseaseLife events before subarachnoid haemorrhageThe precipitation of subarachnoid haemorrhageSomatopsychic ConceptsPSYCHIATRY IN INSTITUTIONAL WORK WITH THE AGEDPSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC MECHANISMS IN HYPERTENSIVE VASCULAR DISEASE*ALVIN P. SHAPIRO, M.D.Die Coronarerkrankungen. Coronarinsuffizienz, Angina pectoris und HerzinfarktThe Possible Relationship of the Emotions to Clinical Coronary Heart DiseaseSPONTANEOUS STROKES IN THE YOUNG*HAROLD STEVENS, Ph.D., M.D., F.A.C.P.INTERMITTENT INSUFFICIENCY OF THE CEREBRAL ARTERIAL CIRCULATIONPAUL W. CLOUGH, M.D.A CRITICAL REVIEW OF CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY AS IT APPLIES TO CEREBRAL VASCULAR DISEASE*PERITZ SCHEINBERG, M.D.Recent Advances in the Investigation and Management of Cerebrovascular Disease 1 January 1954Volume 40, Issue 1Page: 49-56KeywordsEmotionsHospital medicineNeurosurgeryStroke ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...