Clinical Psychology and Heart Disease [Paperback]

This comprehensve review of scientific research supporting evidence of the relationship between cardiac disease and psychological condition offers practical suggestions for developing a clinical practice, and proposes directions for future research in the new field of cardiac psychology . Every chapter is written by world-renowned researchers in the field. A theoretical and practical guide, it will interest physicians, clinical and health psychologists, and all professionals who seek to understand the mind-health link.

Foreword.- Clinical psychology for cardiac disease.- Part 1: Psychological risk factors for cardiac disease. An overview of the pathophysiological mechanisms.- Psychophysiology of heart disease.- Mental stress ischemia: characteristics, pathophisiology, 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 behaviour 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. Rasch analysis to measure behaviors and perceptions: as a tool for rehabilitation research.- Interlude: The 'heart' of cardiology: an imaginary conversation with Bernard Lown.- Part 2: Psychological treatments in cardiac rehabilitation: Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression in patients with coronary heart diseasels�