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Psychobehavioral treatment in cardiac rehabilitation
1Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Cardiology Clinics
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
This article reviews the empirical evidence for the use of behavioral and psychological therapies in the rehabilitation of patients with coronary disease. Exercise training, Type A modification, psychological counseling, smoking cessation, and dietary modification are considered. It is concluded that psychobehavioral therapies offer considerable promise to coronary patients in improving quality and quantity of life.