1995
The Clinical Course of Palpitations in Medical Outpatients
Barsky A, Cleary P, Coeytaux R, Ruskin J. The Clinical Course of Palpitations in Medical Outpatients. JAMA Internal Medicine 1995, 155: 1782-1788. PMID: 7654112, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1995.00430160124012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPanic disorderCardiac symptomsPhysician visitsRole impairmentMore physician visitsAmbulatory electrocardiographic monitoringMedical care useNonpatient volunteersInception cohortClinical courseConsecutive patientsElectrocardiographic monitoringHolter monitoringRecurrent palpitationsCare useMedical outpatientsHigh prevalencePalpitationsPsychiatric symptomsSelf-report questionnairesPsychiatric disordersPatientsPsychopathologic symptomsAmbulatory electrocardiogramLongitudinal course
1993
The course of transient hypochondriasis
Barsky A, Cleary P, Sarnie M, Klerman G. The course of transient hypochondriasis. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1993, 150: 484-488. PMID: 8434667, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.150.3.484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypochondriacal symptomsHypochondriacal patientsMedical record reviewMore functional disabilityGeneral medical clinicStructured diagnostic interviewMore psychopathological symptomsOnly significant predictorComparison patientsMedical morbidityFunctional disabilityRecord reviewBaseline evaluationSelf-report questionnairesPrevious episodesPatientsNonhypochondriacal patientsLongitudinal courseMedical careMultivariate analysisDiagnostic InterviewMedical clinicsSymptomsDSM-IIIBodily sensations