| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 510 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : the emergence of cardiac psychology / Robert Allan -- A whirlwind tour of cardiology for the mental health professional / Stephen Scheidt -- Empirical basis for cardiac psychology / Robert Allan and Stephen Scheidt -- Is there a need for cardiac psychology? The view of a practicing cardiologist / Jeffrey Fisher -- Coronary atherosclerosis : description, manifestations, and prevention / William Clifford Roberts -- Diagnosis of Type A behavior pattern / Meyer Friedman, Nancy Fleischmann, and Virginia A. Price -- The cardiac psychology of women and coronary heart disease / Sue C. Jacobs and Jane B. Sherwood -- Psychological issues and coronary artery bypass surgery / Jeffrey P. Gold -- The lifestyle heart trial : comprehensive treatment and group support therapy / James H. Billings [and others] -- Reducing Type A behavior patterns : a structured-group approach / Paul E. Bracke and Carl E. Thoresen -- Group psychotherapy in Project New Life : treatment of coronary-prone behaviors for patients who have had coronary artery bypass graft surgery / Gunilla Burell -- The Hook : a metaphor for gaining control of emotional reactivity / Lynda H. Powell -- Treatment of time pathologies / Diane K. Ulmer and Leonard Schwartzburd -- The relaxation response : use with cardiac patients / Richard Friedman [and others] -- Exercise and the patient with coronary heart disease / Richard A. Stein -- Psychopharmacology and cardiac disease / Katayoun Tabrizi [and others] -- The patient in the CCU waiting room : in-hospital treatment of the cardiac spouse / Marianne Delon -- Getting started : on becoming a cardiac psychotherapist / Peter Halperin -- Conclusions, treatment goals, and future directions / Robert Allan, Stephen Scheidt and Thomas G. Pickering |
| Summary |
Clinical trials have demonstrated that psychosocial intervention with patients who have coronary heart disease (CHD) may reduce morbidity and help patients achieve better quality of life. "Heart and Mind: The Practice of Cardiac Psychology" explores these findings and how they can be applied to improve the prognosis for patients with CHD. /// This [is a] sourcebook for a career in cardiac psychology [intended for] psychologists, psychiatrists, cardiologists, internists, exercise physiologists, cardiac nurses, and other specialists as well as by social workers and primary care physicians. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Issuing Body |
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Coronary heart disease -- Psychological aspects
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Type A behavior.
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Coronary heart disease.
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Lifestyles.
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Type A pesonality
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Coronary Disease
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Life Style
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Type A Personality
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Lifestyles
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Coronary heart disease
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Coronary heart disease -- Psychological aspects
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Type A behavior
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Allan, Robert, 1945-
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Scheidt, Stephen S
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American Psychological Association.
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| ISBN |
1557983569 |
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9781557983565 |
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