Heart & mind :  the practice of cardiac psychology / 
edited by Robert Allan and Stephen Scheidt. 
 - Washington, DC :  American Psychological Association,  1996. 
 - xxii, 510 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Part I: Introduction to cardiac psychology -- 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 Viriginia 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 -- Part II: Clinical trials -- The lifestyle heart trial:  comprehensive treatment and group support therapy / James H. Billings, Larry W. Scherwitz, Rick Sullivan, Stephen Sparler and Dean M. Ornish -- 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 -- Part III: Clinical technique and intervention -- 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, Patricia Myers, Sharon Krass and Herbert Benson -- Exercise and the patient with coronary heart disease / Richard A. Stein -- Psychopharmacology and cardiac disease / Katayoun Tabrizi, Andrew Littman, Redford B. Williams, Jr. and Stephen Scheidt -- The patient in the CCU waiting room:  In-hospital treatment of the cardiac spouse / Marianne Delon -- Part IV: Cardiac psychology in practice -- Getting started:  on becoming a cardiac psychotherapist / Peter Halperin -- Conclusions, treatment goals and future directions / Robert Allan, Stephen Scheidt and Thomas G. Pickering. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1557983569  
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96010543 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Coronary heart disease--Psychological aspects.<br/>Type A behavior.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.123