Heart & mind : the practice of cardiac psychology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Allan, Robert, 1945-, Scheidt, Stephen S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1996]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Table of 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 ... [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.