title: Counseling heart patients and their families.
abstract: Because heart disease causes psychological as well as physical trauma and affects not only the victims but also their families, counseling and psychotherapy for both are frequently necessary. To be effective, therapists must have clearly positive values about life and death.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003376:Counseling; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012945:Social Values; D012947:Social Work