| Handbook of Research Methods in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine 1989 Edition Contributor(s): Schneiderman, Neil (Editor), Weiss, Stephen M. (Editor), Kaufmann, Peter G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0306429608 ISBN-13: 9780306429606 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $313.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Cardiology - Psychology | Mental Health - Psychology | Applied Psychology |
| Dewey: 616.120 |
| LCCN: 89003705 |
| Series: The Springer Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 7" W x 10" (3.27 lbs) 717 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cardiovascular disease continues to be the number ioral medicine" was developed and shaped into the one source of morbidity and mortality in our coun- following definition: try. Despite a 35% reduction since 1964, these Behavioral medicine is the interdisciplinary field con- diseases, particularly coronary heart disease cerned with the development and integration of behav- (CHD), claim nearly 1,000,000 lives each year in ioral and biomedical science knowledge and techniques the United States (Havlik & Feinleib, 1979). relevant to the understanding of health and illness and The Framingham study, among others, has iden- the application of this knowledge and these techniques to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. tified three major risk factors implicated in the de- (Schwartz & Weiss, 1978) velopment of CHD: smoking, elevated serum cho- lesterol, and high blood pressure (Castelli et at., This concept of "biobehavioral" collaboration 1986). Given that these factors account for less challenged scientists and clinicians of many disci- than 50% of the variance associated with CHD plines to consider how they might more effectively (Jenkins, 1976), it has become obvious that addi- develop diagnostic, treatment, and prevention tional risk factors must be identified if further pro- strategies by merging their perspectives to address gress is to be made in disease prevention and simultaneously, among others, behavioral, psy- control. |