Overview
Covers the role of psychological factors in both the genesis of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its clinical management
Constitutes a critically reviewed compendium of current knowledge in the area
Serves as a guidebook for current and future researchers in psycho-cardiology
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (60 entries)
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Psychological Management of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
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Lifestyle Management in Cardiovascular Disease: Prevention and Secondary Intervention
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The Summing Up: From Evidence to Practice
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Marlies Alvarenga – Clinical Psychologist, Adjunct Senior Lecturer with Monash University’s School of Public Health and past Director of the Monash Psychology Centre at the School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University. She is also an Academic Research Fellow with the BakerIDI Heart and Diabetes Research Institute.
Professor Don Byrne – Professor Byrne graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1975 with a PhD in Clinical Psychology. He is currently Professor of Clinical Psychology, Head of the Department of Psychology, and Director of the School of Health and Psychological Sciences, at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Psychocardiology
Editors: Marlies E. Alvarenga, Don Byrne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-206-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-205-0Published: 10 June 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-206-7Published: 31 May 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 1156
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 58 illustrations in colour
Topics: Health Psychology, Public Health, Cardiology