REVIEW OF PSYCHOSOMATIC ASPECTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE

Authors
LITTMAN AB
Citation
Ab. Littman, REVIEW OF PSYCHOSOMATIC ASPECTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE, Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 60(3-4), 1993, pp. 148-167
Citations number
171
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychology,Psychiatry,Psychology
Journal title
Psychotherapy and psychosomatics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00333190
Volume
60
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
148 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-3190(1993)60:3-4<148:ROPAOC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This review deals with the clinically most relevant psychosomatic aspe cts of cardiovascular disease. Smoking cessation, the role of physical activity in the prevention and rehabilitation of cardiac disease, the relationship of cholesterol to behavior, depression and heart disease , the pharmacotherapy of depression in this specific patient populatio n, the psychiatric risk factors for coronary artery disease, and the t reatment of hostility, stress and type A behavior are discussed.