Book description
This unique book will help psychiatrists to understand better the risks
of cardiovascular illness and cardiologists to appreciate possible
pathophysiological links with psychiatric conditions. It describes the
common psychiatric conditions, their key features and how they may
influence cardiovascular disease, outcomes, and quality of life. It also
considers the cardiovascular complications that may arise as a result of
mental illness.
In an exciting, collaborative approach, psychiatrists and
cardiologists combine their expertise throughout the book to provide
guidance on the best way to manage such patients, considering the
patient as a whole, not the individual conditions.
Michelle Riba M. D.is Professor of Psychiatry and
Associate Chair for Integrated Medicine and Psychiatric Services at
the Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan. She is also
Associate Director, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health
Research (MICHR); Director, PsychOncology Program, University of
Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Associate Director, University
of Michigan Comprehensive Depression Center; Past President, American
Psychiatric Association and Secretary for Scientific Publications,
World Psychiatric Association
Lawson Wulsin M. D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at
the University of Cincinnati. His special area of interest is physical
and mental health; he is the author of "Treating the Aching
Heart: A Guide to Depression, Stress, and Heart Disease".
Melvyn Rubenfire M. D. is Professor of Internal Medicine and Director
of Preventive Cardiology at the University of Michigan. In 2009 the
University named a Professorship in his honor, the Melvyn Rubenfire
Professorship in Preventive Cardiology, in recognition of his
contribution to patient care, research and education in preventive cardiology.
