Clinical Psychology and Heart Disease
Title:
Clinical Psychology and Heart Disease
Author:
Molinari, Enrico. author.
ISBN:
9788847003781
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Physical Description:
XVIII, 510 p. 20 illus. in color. online resource.
Contents:
Introduction: Heart Disease and Psychosocial Factors -- Introduction: Heart Disease and Psychosocial Factors -- Clinical Psychology for Cardiac Disease -- Clinical Psychology for Cardiac Disease -- Psychological Risk Factors for Cardiac Disease -- Psychological Risk Factors for Cardiac Disease and Pathophysiological Mechanisms: An Overview -- Psychophysiology of Heart Disease -- Mental Stress Ischemia: Characteristics, Pathophysiology, Prognosis and Treatment -- Depression and CHD: Prevalence, Prognosis, Pathophysiology and Treatment -- Prevalence of Depression in Chronic Heart Failure -- Depression in Coronary Artery Disease: Assessment and Treatment -- Anxiety and Heart Disease -- Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms and Heart Transplantation -- Psychological Factors in Hypertension Development and Treatment -- Type A, Type D, Anger-Prone Behavior and Risk of Relapse in CHD Patients -- Defensive Hostility and Cardiovascular Disease: Theoretical and Empirical Bases for an Interpersonal Approach-Avoidance Conflict Perspective -- In Sickness and In Health: Interpersonal Risk and Resilience in Cardiovascular Disease -- Psychological Stress in Women: the Stockholm Female Coronary Risk Study -- Application of Neural Networks and Other Artificial Adaptive Systems in Prediction and Data Mining of Risk Psychological Profile for CHD -- Person Measurement and Rehabilitation Outcome: the New Perspective of Rasch Analysis -- The “Heart” of Cardiology: an Imaginary Conversation with Bernard Lown -- Psychological Treatments in Cardiac Rehabilitation -- The Art of Listening to Cardiac Patient and his Family: the Meanings of Suffering Along Temporal Dimension -- Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease -- Hanging onto a Heartbeat: Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples Dealing with the Trauma of Coronary Heart Disease -- Type A Behavior Pattern and Its Treatment -- Relaxation Techniques and Hypnosis in the Treatment of CHD Patients -- Cardiological and Psychological Mobile Care through Telematic Technologies for Heart Failure Patients: ICAROS Project -- Functioning and Disability in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease within the ICF Classification Framework: Proposals for Using ICF to Classify Functioning and Disability in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease -- Coherence-Building Techniques and Heart Rhythm Coherence Feedback: New Tools for Stress Reduction, Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation.
Abstract:
Recent findings have demonstrated that psychosocial conditions are linked to heart disease, and that interventions on patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) may reduce morbidity and help them to achieve a better quality of life. The publication offers a thorough and up-to-date review of scientific research supporting evidence of the relationship between cardiac disease and psychological condition, and offers practical suggestions for developing a clinical practice, and directions for future research in the new field of "cardiac psychology". Every chapter is authored by world-renowned researchers in the field. The volume intends to be a theoretical and practical guide for physicians, for clinical and health psychologists, and for all professionals active in the area of care of patients recovering from heart disease; it will be useful also for residents willing to understand the mind-health link.
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Electronic Access:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0378-1