Psychological features in cardiovascular patients

• Main Authors: I. A. Novikova, A. G. Solovjev, P. I. Sidorov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: «FIRMA «SILICEA» LLC 2004
• Subjects: coronary heart disease; acquired valvular heart disease; effective psychotherapeutic correction; Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system; RC666-701; Arkhangelsk
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/e8646771f5cf4a18a7ac762f1414c2fd

To study psychological features of patients with coronary heart disease (CRD) or acquired valvular heart disease (AVHD), and to find effective methods of psychotherapy, 51 in-patients (31 individuals with CRD, and 14 with AVHD) treated in Arkhangelsk clinics were examined. For CRD patients, tendency of following existed social standards, «escape into work», orientation on extraneous success criteria were typical. Patients with AVHD were characterised by orientation on emotinal values, «escape into dreams», high value of emotional relations with others. Therefore, psychotherapeutic correction in cardiac patients should be differentiated.