Crit Care. 2010;14(1):125. doi: 10.1186/cc8867. Epub 2010 Feb 25.
Survivors of critical illnesses are at increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression. In the present issue of Critical Care, Myhren and colleagues report on an investigation of predictors of posttraumatic stress, general anxiety, and depressive symptoms up to 1 year following intensive care unit admission for critical illnesses. The present study found that an endogenous patient characteristic, the personality trait pessimism, was associated with posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms. Myhren and colleagues' study sheds light on potential predictors of psychopathology in critical illness survivors as well as stimulating directions for future research to address these complex problems.
危重病幸存者患创伤后应激障碍和重度抑郁症的风险增加。在本期《重症监护》中，Myhren 及其同事报告了一项调查结果，该调查研究了创伤后应激、广泛性焦虑和抑郁症状的预测因素，这些症状发生在入住重症监护病房治疗危重病后长达 1 年的时间。本研究发现，一种内源性患者特征，即人格特质悲观，与创伤后应激和抑郁症状有关。Myhren 及其同事的研究揭示了危重病幸存者发生精神病理学的潜在预测因素，并为未来解决这些复杂问题的研究提供了方向。
