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Family Psychological Morbidity After the Intensive Care Unit

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This chapter addresses the array of psychological repercussions that may arise in family members of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors. In particular, it will address a range of issues known to exist under the rubric of a newly identified condition known as post-intensive care syndrome-family (PICS-F). The chapter will cover diverse topics such as risk factors and possible protective factors for psychological repercussions in family members, moderating factors, and dimensions of psychological morbidity, while providing a novel framework to help understand PICS-F. Additionally, proposed future research directions in the field are included.

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  1. Center for Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Kristina Stepanovic, Julie Van & James C. Jackson

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

    James C. Jackson

  3. Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA

    James C. Jackson

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Stepanovic, K., Van, J., Jackson, J.C. (2018). Family Psychological Morbidity After the Intensive Care Unit. In: Netzer, G. (eds) Families in the Intensive Care Unit. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94337-4_5

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