Stress Proof the Heart

1. Introduction
Ellen A. Dornelas

2. Psychological Challenges of Coping with Coronary Artery Disease
Lawson Wulsin

3. Sudden Cardiac Arrest: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Patient Management of Ventricular Fibrillation and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Kari Kirian, Samuel F. Sears, Harry DeAntonio

4. Atrial Fibrillation: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Patient Management
A. Garrett Hazelton, Samuel F. Sears, Evelio Rodriguez

5. Psychological Management of Patients with Heart Failure
Jonathan Gallagher, Adam Grimaldi

6. Psychiatric Symptoms, Personality Profile, and Takotsubo Syndrome: Clinical Considerations
Ilan S. Wittstein, Riccardo Proietti, Angelo Compare

7. Psychological Aspects of Cardiac Transplantation
Brigitta Bunzel

8. Anxiety and Depression: Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
Angelo Compare, Riccardo Proietti, Elena Germani, David Janeway

9. Interventions in the Context of the Distressed (Type D) Personality
Aline J. Pelle, Krista C. Broek, Johan Denollet

10. Stress Management with Cardiac Patients
Carrie Lukens, Dicle Turkoglu, Matthew M. Burg

11. The Effects of Meditation and Yoga on Cardiovascular Disease
Sonia Suchday, Maria Dziok, Miriam Katzenstein, Erica Kaplan, Michelle Kahan

12. Job Stress and Overcommitment in Cardiac Patients
En-Young Nicole Cho, Roland Känel

13. Managing Sleep Problems Among Cardiac Patients
Jaan Reitav

14. Exercise as Medicine for Cardiac Patients
Beth Parker

15. Approaches to Smoking Cessation in a Cardiovascular Population
Min Sohn, Kawkab Shishani, Ayako Okada, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher

16. Advances in Cardiac Psychology: Computerized Therapies
Emily A. Kuhl

17. Behavioral Cardiology: Toward the Development of Integrated Treatment Models
Ellen A. Dornelas

Keywords: Psychology, Health Psychology, Primary Care Medicine, Cardiology, Psychotherapy and Counseling