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<p>Basic features of cardiac diseases.- Basic concepts of psychosomatic medicine.- Ethical issues in psychocardiology.- Psychocardiology along the lifeline.- Psychosomatic problem areas and comorbidities using the example of CHD.- Other important clinical pictures and interventions in cardiology.- Diagnostics.- Treatment.- Psychocardiological training and continuing education curricula.</p><br><p></p>

<p><b>Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Herrmann-Lingen,&nbsp;</b>Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University medicine Göttingen, Georg August University</p>

<p><b>Prof. Dr. med. Christian Albus,&nbsp;</b>Clinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Cologne</p>

<p><b>Georg Titscher, MD,&nbsp;</b>Vienna</p><br><p></p>

<p>Psychosomatic diagnostics and therapy are of increasing importance in the acute treatment, prevention and rehabilitation of cardiovascular diseases.&nbsp;The connection between heart disease and the psyche as well as the psychosocial concomitant symptoms is well documented.</p><p>The content</p>

<ul> <li>Basics of cardiology and psychosomatic medicine</li> <li>Doctor-patient relationship</li> <li>Ethical issues, gender effects, psychocardiology along the lifespan<br></li><li>Psychosomatic problem areas and comorbidities</li><li>Causes and consequences: Personality factors, risk behaviours, depression, anxiety disorders</li><li>Specific diagnostics and treatment concepts - outpatient and inpatient<br></li> <li>Interdisciplinary cooperation</li><li>Acute Cardiology, Heart Failure Units and Rehabilitation<br></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;In accordance with German and European recommendations and guidelines, among others</p>

<ul> <li>Position Paper on the Importance of Psychosocial Factors in Cardiology from the DGK (German Society of Cardiology)</li> <li>National Health Care Guideline Chronic CHD</li> <li>ESC Guidelines on&nbsp;CVD Prevention in Clinical Practice</li> </ul> <p>Suitable for the courses according to the curricula "Basic Psychocardiological Care" (D) and "Cardiological Psychosomatics" (A). For deepening the corresponding contents of the courses "Basic Psychosomatic Care". <br> The book offers cardiologists, internists, general practitioners, psychotherapists and psychologists all practice-relevant basics to be able to treat their patients in the best possible way.</p>This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

Psychosomatic care for cardiac patients Psychocardiological problem areas and comorbidities Specific diagnostics and treatment concepts - outpatient, inpatient, rehabilitation