Affiliation:
1. Chief, Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Education, Sepulveda VA Medical Center
2. Research Psychologist, Sepulveda VA Medical Center
Abstract
The majority of survivors of myocardial infarction experience an array of psychological and emotional reactions. Often, persistent anxiety and depression impair recuperation and rehabilitation. A behaviorally based treatment approach is utilized which consists of a combination of deep muscle relaxation, imagery based desensitization, social reinforcement, stress management, activity scheduling and shaping techniques. The spouse is utilized as a facilitator/co-therapist. This approach is shown to be effective in increasing adaptive function, decreasing depressive symptomology and facilitating return to acceptable premorbid levels of activity.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
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