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Psycho-Cardiology

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After myocardial infarction 20 % of patients meet the criteria of a depressive or anxiety disorder and have an elevated risk of death. In biopsychosocial anamnesis the doctor can identify maladaptive coping strategies and psychosocial risk factors as hostility, vital exhaustion, social isolation and stress at work. Basic interventions include increasing self-esteem, reducing lack of confidence and anxiety, promoting changes in lifestyle (dietary advice, physical activity, nonsmoking training) and correction of maladaptive relation patterns in family and at the workplace.

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  1. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Hauptstr. 8, 79104, Freiburg, Germany

    Kurt Fritzsche MD & Sonia Diaz Monsalve PhD

  2. Department of Human Sciences, Federal University of Paraná, R. Gal. Carneiro, 460, 80060-150, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Gertrud Frahm PhD

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

    Hamid Afshar Zanjani MD

  4. Noor Hospital, Isfahan, Iran

    Hamid Afshar Zanjani MD

  5. Department of bioenergy economy, Energy Medicine University, California, USA

    Farzad Goli MD

  6. Danesh-e Tandorosti Institute, Isfahan, Iran

    Farzad Goli MD

  7. Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital, No. 309 Song-De Road, 11080, Taipei, Taiwan

    Frank Kuan-Yu Chen MD

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  1. Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Kurt Fritzsche

  2. Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

    Susan H. McDaniel

  3. Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Michael Wirsching

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Fritzsche, K. et al. (2014). Psycho-Cardiology. In: Fritzsche, K., McDaniel, S., Wirsching, M. (eds) Psychosomatic Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1022-5_13

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