Role Of The Psychologist

After a heart event, it is normal to feel a mixture of emotions, like anger, frustration and feeling sad. Feeling confused and isolated after a heart event is very common and can have a major effect on you and your loved ones. Depression and anxiety are commonly experienced by cardiac patients and are associated with reduced quality of life and mortality.

Offering a range of psychological treatments might be an effective way of meeting cardiac patients’ psychological needs. Specific psychological interventions included: psycho-education sessions addressing behavioral risk factors and adjustment, brief individual therapy for patients with mental illness; group workshops and individual therapy, using cognitive-behavior therapy for anxiety, depression and adjustment to adverse life events.

Another important aspect is the mental stress due to the financial burden of treatment which needs to be addressed separately