Stress Proof the Heart: Behavioral Interventions for Cardiac Patients
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Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Chronic negative emotions, such as depression and anxiety, place heart patients at increased risk of death and recurrence of cardiovascular disease. In 2008, the publisher published a book related to this topic, titled Psychotherapy with Cardiac Patients: Behavioral Cardiology in Practice (American Psychological Association). Other than that book, there are very few resources written specifically for physicians treating heart patients with psychological issues. Unlike other medical specialty areas such as oncology, the field of cardiology has been slow to integrate behavioral treatments into service delivery. Perhaps because the field has been largely defined and dominated by researchers, behavioral cardiology is only just beginning to be recognized by mental health clinicians as a viable field in which to practice. There is a great gap in the medical literature on behavioral cardiology. In a review of Psychotherapy with Cardiac Patients, Paul Efthim, Ph.D. wrote: "His new book by him goes well beyond previous works by providing specific and detailed guidance on how to tailor psychological interventions to this varied population." He added that he "would benefit from even more detail on treatment approaches." This proposed volume goes beyond the publisher's previous volume by providing detailed descriptions of behavioral treatments for distressed cardiac patients written by eminent leaders in behavioral cardiology. This book describes a wide range of behavioral treatments for common psychological problems encountered by physicians treating cardiac patients. The book is organized as follows: Part I focuses on the most psychologically challenging and common presentations of cardiac diagnosis; coronary artery disease, arrhythmia and heart failure. This section also includes a chapter on heart transplantation, which is a treatment, not a diagnosis, but a treatment that has a profound psychological impact on the individual. In Part II, behavioral interventions for the general cardiac population are described. Conventional therapies, such as stress management, cognitive behavioral therapy, and medical family therapy, are described, along with approaches that have less empirical support but considerable practical importance, such as personality-guided therapy and interventions aimed at altering type D personality traits. The behavioral cardiology literature has a rich history of research on maladaptive personality traits and, therefore, it is important to include behavioral approaches that target personality in this volume. Part III focuses on common behavioral problems encountered by clinicians working with this patient population. Most patients who seek psychological help do so because they feel stressed by their work or overloaded in all areas of their lives. Other people with heart disease have trouble sleeping and/or an inability to motivate themselves to exercise or quit smoking. There are many practical behavioral approaches that can be helpful for patients with these difficulties and they are detailed in this section of the book. The book's conclusion focuses on how to integrate the behavioral treatments described in the previous chapters into a comprehensive treatment model. ASIN : B008AH4UZG
Publisher : Springer; 2012th edition (February 1, 2012)
Publication date : February 1, 2012
Language : English
File size: 4960KB
Text to Speech : Enabled
Improved typesetting : Enabled
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Sticky Notes : On Kindle Scribe
Printing length : 426 pages
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