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Tecniche di rilassamento e ipnosi nella riabilitazione cardiaca

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È ormai riconosciuto come il funzionamento del sistema cardiovascolare sia ampiamente determinato da atteggiamenti personali, emozioni, ansia e disagio psicologico [1] Questo determina, nella pratica clinica, la necessità di interventi per la modificazione di comportamenti a rischio e per la gestione di problematiche di tipo psicologico. Tra i vari possibili approcci hanno trovato ampio spazio le tecniche che consentono il raggiungimento di uno stato di rilassamento, vale a dire una distensione fisiologica che riporta l’organismo in una condizione di equilibrio dopo il verificarsi di episodi disturbanti. Le tecniche di rilassamento e l’ipnosi sono divenute particolarmente rilevanti nei programmi di trattamento volti alla gestione dello stress ed alla ricostituzione dell’equilibrio omeostatico, dal momento che un continuo stato di arousal può determinare, a lungo andare, danni o malfunzionamenti a carico del sistema cardiovascolare. Molto spesso, nel campo della riabilitazione cardiaca, gli interventi di tipo psicologico sono stati basati sul modello cognitivo-comportamentale, centrato sulla #x201C;ristrutturazione” di credenze negative, relative a sé e all’ambiente, che emergono in presenza di eventi stressanti [2, 3]. A confronto con queste tecniche, le procedure di rilassamento e l’ipnosi hanno una caratteristica distintiva: invece di cercare di promuovere un’analisi critica delle reazioni allo stress e al disagio psicologico, l’obiettivo è quello di “aggirare” i processi mentali razionali.

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Bellardita, L., Cigada, M., Molinari, E. (2007). Tecniche di rilassamento e ipnosi nella riabilitazione cardiaca. In: Mente e cuore. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0524-2_17

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