Handbook of Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine

Shari Waldstein, Ph.D. is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She received her masters and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and completed her clinical psychology internship at Brown University, with special training in cardiovascular behavioral medicine. Her research program in cardiovascular behavioral medicine combines conceptual and methodological approaches from behavioral medicine, biomedicine, neuropsychology, and psychophysiology. One area of collaborative investigation examines the impact of cardiovascular risk factors, cardiovascular reactivity, and cardiovascular disease on cognitive function and quality of life among older adults. A second area of investigation involves the study of individual differences in the magnitude and patterning of acute cardiovascular responses to mental stress. Dr. Waldstein is recipient of an Early Career Award from the American Psychosomatic Society (APS), an Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology (Early Career) Award from Division 38 of the American Psychological Association (APA), and a Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM). She is a Fellow of APA Division 38 (Health Psychology), SBM, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. Dr. Waldstein has served as an Associate Editor for the journal Health Psychology, as a member of the APS's Executive Council, as Member-at-Large for Division 38 (Health Psychology) of the APA, and as Chair of the Education and Training Council for the SBM's Board of Directors. Currently, she is president-elect of the American Psychosomatic Society. She has edited one book and has authored or co-authored 54 articles and book chapters. Willem J. (Wijo) Kop, Ph.D. is an associate professor of medicine (Cardiology) and director of the recently developed Behavioral Cardiology Program at the University of Maryland Medical Center. His research focuses on cardiovascular diseases and other disorders where fatigue plays a major role. Dr. Kop is actively involved in the fields of psychosomatic and behavioral medicine and health psychology. He has served on several NIH review panels and the editorial boards of Health Psychology and Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr. Kop is the recipient of the 1998 Early Career Award of the American Psychosomatic Society and the 2002 Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association. Leslie Katzel, M.D., Ph.D. is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. As Associate Director for Clinical of the Baltimore GRECC, Dr. Katzel oversees the GRECC Clinical Demonstration Projects. Dr. Katzel attends on the general medical service at the Baltimore VA Medical Center and is director of the fourth year medical student clinical and research elective in geriatrics and gerontology, as well as director for the research elective in gerontology for medical housestaff. He is recognized for his contributions to the ethical oversight of research conducted at UMB. He lectures frequently on the ethical oversight of research and good clinical practice guidelines, and chairs several safety monitoring boards. At a national level, he serves as a consultant/site visitor for the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP).

• Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine: Past, Present, and Future.- Introduction to Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology.- Classification of Cardiovascular Diseases: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment.- The Biopsychosocial Perspective on Cardiovascular Disease.- Childhood Factors in Adult Risk for Cardiovascular Disease.- Aging Changes in Cardiovascular Structure and Function .- Risk Factors for Ischemic Heart Disease in Women.- Stress and Heart Disease in Women: The Stockholm Women’s Intervention Trial in Coronary Heart Disease Study.- From Race to Racism in the Study of Cardiovascular Disease: Concepts and Measures.- Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Disease.- Health Disparities and Cardiovascular Diseases.- Nicotine Dependence and Cardiovascular Diseases: Biobehavioral and Psychosocial Correlates.- Alcohol and the Cardiovascular System: Implications for Behavioral Medicine.- Impact of Specific Diets and Nutritional Supplements on Cardiovascular Diseases.-Understanding Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk.- Physical Activity/Exercise and Cardiovascular Disease.- Sleep as a Biobehavioral Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease.- Methodological Challenges in the Measurement of Medication Adherence in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.- Personality Factors in Cardiovascular Disease: The Big Five and Type D Personality.- Hostility and Health.- Negative Emotions: Depression, Exhaustion, Anxiety.- Positive Psychological Well-Being and Cardiovascular Disease.- Stress and the Development of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.- Work and Cardiovascular Diseases.- Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease: Racism, Ethnic Discrimination, and Cardiovascular Health: Conceptual and Measurement Issues.- Religion, Spirituality and Cardiovascular Disease.- Aggregation of Psychosocial Risk Factors: Models and Methods.- Contexts and Cardiovascular Health.- Environmental Toxicants and Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine.- Genetics in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine.- Hypertension.- The Measurement of Lipids and Lipoproteins in Behavioral Medicine Research.- Insulin, Glucose, and the Metabolic Syndrome in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine.- Inflammation, Atherosclerosis, and Psychological Factors.- Hemostasis and Endothelial Function.- Catecholamines and Catecholamine Receptors in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine.- The Assessment of Autonomic Influences on the Heart Using Impedance Cardiography and Heart Rate Variability.- Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Axis.- Ambulatory Monitoring and Ecological Momentary Assessment.- Cardiovascular Reactivity and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease.- Neuroimaging and the Study of Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity.- Asymmetric Innervation of the Heart.- Biopsychosocial Factors in Coronary Artery Disease.- Chest Pain: Cardiac and Non.- Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia: Prevalence, Clinical Significance and Treatment Implications.- Acute Behavioral and Psychosocial Triggers of Myocardial Infarction.- Cardiac Arrythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death.- Behavioral Medicine Treatments for Heart Failure.- Stroke and Carotid Artery Disease.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Psychosocial Dimensions of a Surgical Procedure.- Heart Transplantation .- Measuring Behavioral Outcomes in Cardiac Rehabilitation.- The Psychological Treatment of Cardiac Patients.- Quality of Life and Subjective Health: Strengthening the Subjective Perspective in Cardiology.- Cardiovascular Disease and Cognitive Function.- Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.- HIV-1 Spectrum Disease, Psychological Distress and Cardiometabolic Disease.- Measurement of Change.- Causal Modeling: Confounding, Mediation, Moderation, and some General Considerations in Regression Modeling.- Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis in Behavioral Medicine.- Ethical Issues in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Research.