Handbook of Psychocardiology (Hardcover)

Foundations of Cardiac Psychology: A Brief History of Cardiac Psychology.- Alcohol Use and Cardiovascular Disease.- Cardiovascular Risk Factors - The Role of Lifestyle.- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease.- Fundamentals of Cardiovascular Disease for the Non-Cardiologist.- Psychogenesis and Heart Disease Now: The Thinking Heart in Action.- Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease: A Psychosocial Perspective.- From Evidence to Practice: A Summing Up - The Evidence Now and Where It Will Take Us Into The Future.- Evidence to Practice in Psychocardiology: Translation Medicine as the Pivotal Enabler.- Service Delivery in Psychocardiology.- Lifestyle Management in Cardiovascular Disease - Prevention and Secondary Intervention: Depression and Emotional Adjustment after a Cardiac Event.- Exercise and Recovery from Cardiovascular Disease: A Psychological Approach.- Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Risk: Implications for Risk Management.- Obesity - Its Relationship with Cardiovascular Disease and Management.- Personality, The Social Environment, and Cardiovascular Disease: Anger, Hostility and Cardiovascular Disease.- Cardiovascular Disease in Indigenous Populations.- Cardiovascular Disease in Refugees.- Gender and Cardiovascular Disease.- Personality and Cardiovascular Disease - An Overview.- Social Disadvantage and CVD Risk.- Social Networks, Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease.- Type A Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease.- Psychological Management of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: Impact of Cardiac Medications on Mood.- Mindfulness and Management of the Cardiac Patient.- Psychological Intervention in Patients with Indwelling Cardiac Devices.- Psychology and Psychiatry in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit.- Psychopharmacology in the Treatment of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.- Psychosocial Interventions for Patients after a Cardiac Event.- Psychotherapeutic Management Of Anxiety in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.- Psychotherapy in Cardiac Rehabilitation.- Psychology and Cardiovascular Biology - The Linking Mechanisms: Animal Models in Cardiac Psychology.- Cardiac Autonomic Control: Implications for CVD Risk Status.- Diabetes - Psychological Antecedents and Cardiovascular Risk.- Gene/Environment Interactions, Stress and Depression.- Genetics and Epigenetics in Cardiac Psychology.- Immunology, Inflammation, Mental Disorder and Cardiovascular Risk.- Insulin Resistance, Glucose Regulation, Obesity and Mood.- Non-Linear Analyses of Data in Cardiovascular Physiology and Epidemiology.- Psychiatric and Psychological Issues in Patients with Recurrent Syncope.- Psychogenic Hypertension.- Role of the Sympathetic Nervous System in Cardiovascular Disease.- Stress Cardiomyopathy.- Sympathetic Nerve Activity, Stress and Cardiovascular Risk.- Psychopathology, Stress and Cardiovascular Disease: Anxiety and Cardiovascular Disease.- Bereavement and Cardiovascular Risk.- Childhood Stress, Emotional Distress and Cardiovascular Function in Adolescents.- Cognitive Consequences of Invasive Cardiac Surgery.- Congenital Heart Disease - Presentation and Epidemiology.- Depression and Cardiovascular Disease - Psychobiological Mechanisms.- Natural Disasters and Cardiovascular Risk.- Occupational Stress and Cardiovascular Disease.- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.- Psychological Antecedents and Consequences of Stroke.- Psychological Aspects of Patients with Congenital Heart Disease.- Psychological Aspects of Valvular Heart Disease.- Psychological Consequences of Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation.- Psychological Hazards of Implanted Cardiac Devices.- Psychological Responses to the Experience of Clinical Cardiovascular Events.- Psychoses and Cardiovascular Disease.- Psychosocial Correlates of Unexplained Syncope.- Quality of Life in Survivors of Myocardial Infarction.- Sleep Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease.- Stress and Cardiovascular Reactivity.- Stress - Concepts, Models and Measures. ...