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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Exercise and the patient with coronary heart disease / Richard A. Stein -- Psychopharmacology and cardiac disease / Katayoun Tabrizi ... [et al.] -- 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.
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Cardiologists and psychologists unite, in this interdisciplinary volume, to explore the delicate link between cardiac health and human behaviour. The authors present state-of-the-art treatment solutions for coronary-prone behaviour, along with an introduction to cardiac functioning and disease.