Stress Proof the Heart : Behavioral Interventions for Cardiac Patients. 1st ed. 2012

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edited by Ellen A. Dornelas

出版情報:

New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012

著者名:

• Dornelas, Ellen A.
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ISBN:

9781441956507 [1441956506]    

注記:

Part I. Psychological Challenges of Heart Disease -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Psychological Challenges of Coping with Coronary Artery Disease -- 3. Sudden cardiac arrest: a biopsychosocial approach to patient management of ventricular fibrillation and implantable cardioverter defibrillators -- 4. Atrial Fibrillation: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Patient Management -- 5. Psychological Management of the Patient with Heart Failure -- 6. Psychiatric symptoms, personality profile and Takotsubo syndrome: Clinical considerations -- 7. Psychological Aspects of Cardiac Transplantation -- Part II.  Psychological Interventions for Cardiac Patients -- 8. Anxiety and depression:  Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease -- 9. Interventions in the Context of the Distressed (Type D) Personality -- 10. Stress Management with Cardiac Patients -- 11. The Effects of Meditation and Yoga on Cardiovascular Disease -- 12. Job Stress and Overcommittment in Cardiac Patients -- 13. Managing Sleep Problems Among Cardiac Patients -- 14. Ex
Ellen A. Dornelas Editor Stress Proof the Heart Behavioral Interventions for Cardiac Patients   That cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in America is widely known. Gaining in understanding is the role of the type D personality—characterized by chronic anxiety, depression, and negative emotions—as a risk factor in recurring cardiac problems and early death. Yet while behavior-based treatment references are available to clinicians in other specialties, few exist for cardiologists.   Stress Proof the Heart presents a general picture of behavioral cardiology while focusing in depth on critical specifics. Leading experts in the field explore the psychological aspects of living with arrhythmia, intracardiac device, heart failure, and heart transplant, relating them to psychological characteristics such as pessimism and the feeling of overcommitment. Mainstream treatments, such as stress management and smoking cessation, and emerging interventions, such as computer-based therapies and personality-b

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