Michelle Riba & Lawson Wulsin 
Psychiatry and Heart Disease [PDF ebook] 
The Mind, Brain, and Heart

List of Contributors, vii
Foreword, xi
Kim A. Eagle, MD
Preface, xii
Lawson Wulsin, MD, Michelle B. Riba, MD, MS, Melvyn Rubenfire,
MD and Divy Ravindranath, MD, MS
1 The Interaction Between Psychologic Distress and Biobehavioral
Processes in Cardiovascular Disease, 1
Willem J. Kop, Ph D and John S. Gottdiener, MD
2 Depression and Cardiovascular Diseases, 18
Kevin B. Kerber, MD and Melvyn Rubenfire, MD
3 Depression, Anxiety, Anger, and Heart Failure, 34
Oliver G. Cameron, MD, Ph D, Daniel Ehrmann and Bertram Pitt,
MD
4 Cardiac Surgery, 49
Rima Styra, MD, Med, FRCPC, Christopher M. Feindel, MD and
Marion E. Mc Rae, RN, NP, MSc N, CCRN-CSC-CMC, CCN, ACNP-BC
5 Cardiac Transplantation and Left Ventricular Assist Devices:
Pre-Assessment and Post-Management, 62
Rachel Lipson Glick, MD, David Bradley S. Dyke, MD, Moira
Kessler, BS, MD and Dayna J. Le Platte, MD
6 Psychiatric Aspects of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Implantable
Cardioverter-Defibrillators, 77
Divy Ravindranath, MD, MS and Frank Pelosi, MD
7 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Psychosocial Implications and
Treatment, 88
John M. Wryobeck, Ph D and Melvyn Rubenfire, MD
8 Distinguishing Cardiac from Psychologic Somatic Symptoms,
99
Nicholas D. Giardino, Ph D and Michael J. Shea, MD
9 Hypertrophic Cardiomopathy, 106
Moira Kessler, BS, MD, Sara Saberi, MD, Sharlene Day, MD, Tamara
Gay, MD, Linda Baty, BSN and Edward Deneke, MD
10 Bipolar Disorder and Reducing Risk for Cardiovascular
Disease, 116
Amy M. Kilbourne, Ph D, MPH and David E. Goodrich, Ed D
11 Sleep and Cardiovascular Disease, 135
Sanjaya Gupta, MD and J. Todd Arnedt, Ph D
12 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Heart Disease, 153
Leonard A. Doerfler, Ph D and John A. Paraskos, MD
13 Cardiovascular Manifestations of Panic and Anxiety, 165
Steven M. Schwartz, Ph D, Oliver G. Cameron, MD, Ph D and Melvyn
Rubenfire, MD
14 Genetic Susceptibility and the Relationship between
Cardiovascular Disease, Immunology, and Psychiatric Illness,
176
Sandra Villafuerte, Ph D, Melvyn Rubenfire, MD and Ziad Kronfol,
MD
15 Psychological Symptoms Associated with Cardiovascular Drugs;
Cardiac Symptoms from Psychiatric Drugs; Drug Interactions,
194
Steven R. Erickson, Pharm D, Jolene R. Bostwick, Pharm D and
Sally K. Guthrie, Pharm D
16 Exercise and Depression, 211
Barry A. Franklin, Ph D, Justin E. Trivax, MD and Thomas E.
Vanhecke, MD
17 Psychosocial Interventions: Meditation, 223
Elizabeth A.R. Robinson, Ph D, MSW, MPH, Sandra M. Finkel, MPH
and Elizabeth A. Jackson, MD, MPH
18 Smoking Cessation and Substance Use Modification in
Cardiovascular Disease, 232
Gregory W. Dalack, MD and Elizabeth A. Jackson, MD, MPH
Appendix A: Selected Screening Tools and Research Instruments,
241
Appendix B: Berlin Questionnaire (for sleep apnea), 247
Index, 249

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, Psych Oncology 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.