title: Assessment and treatment of psychological causes of chest pain.
abstract: Chest pain prompts an estimated 4.6 million people in the United States to seek emergency medical care each year. Chest pain is common in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Chest pain is also common in patients without CAD or other cardiac causes for their chest pain, sometimes called non-cardiac chest pain. Psychological assessment and treatment may clinically aid patients with chest pain in ways that may influence disease onset, maintenance, and progression and may improve quality of life. This article highlights factors important for psychological assessment and treatment of patients with chest pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 212 Stadler Hall, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA. whiteks@umsl.edu <whiteks@umsl.edu>
authors.forename: Kamila S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs