'I truly wish this book had been available when I had my heart attack. It gives one the confidence to lead a normal life afterwards'. Bob Champion Medicines, surgeries, diet and exercise are not all that matter for the millions of people who should be living long, happy lives despite heart disease. In fact, the crucial obstacles that heart patients face revolve around their emotional health. When patients are being treated, their medical teams focus primarily on the clinical part of saving lives, and psychological issues are rarely addressed. Yet the reason some people recover and lead productive lives while others don't lies in the relationship between health and behaviour. By following Dr Sotile's advice, readers will gain the courage and conviction to stick with the healthy living plans that doctors prescribe and all the diet and exercise books patients offer. Using a number of case studies, 'Thriving with Heart Disease' guides patients and their families through the psychological side of the illness's effects toward a better state of mental and physical health. 'A credible and constructive approach to the care and understanding of the patient's fear, anxiety and physical problems...Its clear and refreshing style makes easy and uplifting reading and diverts fear and anxiety to practical self-help.' Irene Byrne, Physiotherapy/Cardiac Department, Mater Hospital, Dublin.
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Harry Croft, M.D. Medical Director and Founder, The San Antonio Psychiatric Research Center Dr. Sotile is, without question, this country's leading authority on the psychological, emotional, and relationship effects of making it through heart disease. His understanding and compassion will be invaluable for heart patients who are coping with and living through the initial diagnosis and treatment of the illness, and then living the rest of their lives with it. For patients with heart disease and those who care about and for them, this book is a must-read. -- Review
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Dr Sotile heads psychological service at Wake Forest University's Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme. He is the co-author of several professionally-oriented books and a charismatic public speaker.
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heart illness, most heart patients, cardiac psychology, vital exhaustion, cardiac resynchronization therapy, heart attack survivors, sexual arousal disorder, sudden cardiac arrest, heart failure patients, cardiac rehabilitation program, decision latitude, sexual side effects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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heart illness, most heart patients, cardiac psychology, vital exhaustion, cardiac resynchronization therapy, heart attack survivors, sexual arousal disorder, sudden cardiac arrest, heart failure patients, cardiac rehabilitation program, decision latitude, sexual side effects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Cardiac Rehabilitation by American Physical Therapy Association on 6 pages
- Anger Kills: Seventeen Strategies for Controlling the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health by Redford Williams on 5 pages
- An Arrow Through the Heart : One Woman's Story of Life, Love, and Surviving a Near-Fatal Heart Attack by Deborah Daw Heffernan on 5 pages
- Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon on 4 pages
- When Anger Hurts by Matthew McKay Ph.D in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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