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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and worldwide. It is well recognized that traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease have limited predictive utility in the identification of new cardiovascular disease cases and outcomes. Thus, investigators have argued that application of a biopsychosocial research paradigm in this field may be of particular utility in understanding cardiovascular disease pathogenesis. Accordingly, a subdiscipline within the field of behavioral medicine – cardiovascular behavioral medicine – examines interrelations among biological, behavioral, psychological, social, and environmental factors in cardiovascular health and disease.This volume is unique in several respects. First, there is no similar work available in terms of the scope of topic coverage. Second, the inclusion of relevant measurement issues and construct definitions of a comprehensive set of risk factors will be of great assistance to researchers and clinicians in this area who wish to improve their assessment of these variables yet are not familiar with or trained in the various methodologies. Third, the use of multidisciplinary contributors enhances the utility of the work. Representative disciplines include psychology, psychiatry, medicine (e.g., cardiology), nursing, epidemiology, and public health. The primary audiences for this work are researchers, clinicians, and students in each of these disciplines.
Volume 1
Cardiovascular Disease: Background and Biopsychosocial Model
Relations of Cardiovascular Risk Factors to Cardiovascular Disease
Sociodemographic Risk Factors
Behavioral Risk Factors
Psychosocial and Environmental Risk Factors
Volume 2
Biomedical Risk Factors
Psychophysiological Risk Factors
Biopsychosocial Factors in Cardiovascular Disease, Its Treatments, and Comorbidities
Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular Disease: Interventions, Impact, and Comorbidities
Statistical Modeling and Ethics in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine