Why is depression bad for heart disease? And how does heart disease contribute to depression? And why is treatment for depressed people with heart disease so often inadequate? Through personal vignettes, accessible scientific explanations, and medical illustrations, Treating the Aching Heart traces the vicious cycle of depression and heart disease and points the way to better care based on cutting-edge science. The book presents a new view of depression as a broad-reaching illness with a distinct neurobiology that influences the most up-to-date model of heart disease. Treating the Aching Heart provides a window into the most studied mind-body problem, the interaction between the brain and the heart. Though many mysteries remain, in no other area is the relationship between a mental disorder and a physical disorder better understood than in the study of depression and heart disease. Anyone who has suffered from depression (about one in four U.S. adults) or some form of heart disease (also about one in four), or has a close family member with either problem, will find this book a useful guide to treatment.
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Wulsin, a professor of psychiatry and family medicine at the University of Cincinnati, offers a welcome addition to the literature on the mutual impact of body and mind in this look at how depression contributes to heart disease and vice versa. Written in an informal tone and balancing scientific data with patient checklists and case studies, this book is meant for patients and doctors alike. He tells, for instance, of Bea Hook, a middle-aged woman he was treating only for depression until he realized she had serious risk factors for heart disease that could be exacerbated by her depression. But the author cushions such information with helpful Clinical Tips for the average reader: for example, Learn how depression affects your risks for heart disease; Chart the course of your depression over your lifetime; Insist on comprehensive treatment of heart disease. Wulsin discusses possible single and combination treatments, which include medication, psychotherapy, light therapy and pets. Wulsin has effectively melded science with a popular approach to drive home the need for improved awareness and improved care for heart disease and depression and similarly connected diseases.
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...offers a welcome addition to the literature on the mutual impact of body and mind in this look at how depression contributes to heart disease and vice versa. . . . Wulsin has effectively melded science with a popular approach to drive home the need for improved awareness and improved care for heart disease and depression and similarly connected diseases.
--Publishers Weekly
Clear, engaging, nicely researched, and authoritative, the book features anecdotes and touches of humor...Highly recommended
--Library Journal
Treating the Aching Heart should be read not only by physicians interested in the heart and brain, but by anyone with an interest in identifying ways to improve their quality of life while simultaneously reducing their risk for developing heart disease.
--Journal of the National Medical Association
An engaging book that may save your life.
--George Vaillant, MD, author of Aging Well
--Publishers Weekly
Clear, engaging, nicely researched, and authoritative, the book features anecdotes and touches of humor...Highly recommended
--Library Journal
Treating the Aching Heart should be read not only by physicians interested in the heart and brain, but by anyone with an interest in identifying ways to improve their quality of life while simultaneously reducing their risk for developing heart disease.
--Journal of the National Medical Association
An engaging book that may save your life.
--George Vaillant, MD, author of Aging Well
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This review is from: Treating the Aching Heart: A Guide to Depression, Stress, and Heart Disease (Paperback)
Dr. Lawson Wulsin writes clearly and empathetically about the links between depression and heart disease. His appendices, footnotes, resources and references are added bonuses in the search for answers to depression and its links to heart disease. If one were to read chapters five and six alone, one would gain a physiological knowledge of depression: its biology and its relation to the functions of the brain and the heart. Dr. Wulsin has been careful to create charts and figures that are accessible. The book is readable, yet informative, and the movement from overviews to specifics is seamless.Dr. Wulsin's recommendations for change include integrating mental health services into primary care practices, and establishing guidelines for screening for depression in patients at risk for coronary disease. Another of Dr. Wulsin's recommendations for change is the formation of campaigns to educate the public about heart disease and depression. His book is an excellent addition to such education.
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This review is from: Treating the Aching Heart: A Guide to Depression, Stress, and Heart Disease (Paperback)
Dr. Wulsin has written a compassionate book on the intimate connection between depression and heart disease. The warmth that comes through his stories delicately balances the weight of the scientific material. This unique blend of open heartedness and medical precision combine to make a compelling read. We should all be so lucky to be in the care of such an empathic physician.
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This book reads like a song and is packed with useful information. The author's conversational writing style and personal openness make it a very engaging way to learn a lot of hard medical facts. It is clearly targeted to the lay public and includes a lot of very practical suggestions about what one can do to optimize personal health. An excellent book.
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