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The way patients with myocardial infarction react to their disease during the first days at the hospital is an essential factor for a successful rehabilitation. Generally all of them have, first a period of panic, a fear of death, a feeling of handicap and of impotence. A few days later comes a period of reactional depression and anxiety.
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Degre-Coustry, C. (1976). Psychological Problems in Rehabilitation Programmes. In: Stocksmeier, U. (eds) Psychological Approach to the Rehabilitation of Coronary Patients. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81031-2_6
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