<unk>  is a specialization of health psychology that focuses on the primary and secondary prevention of heart disease by incorporating strategies to address the emotional and behavioral barriers to lifestyle changes (e.g. smoking cessation), and that seeks to enhance recovery in<unk>  patients by means of providing patients tools (e.g. stress management and psychotherapy) to cope with life and physical changes associated with their disease.<unk> sts can help<unk>  patients across the lifespan: prevention, pre-surgery, post-surgery, and rehabilitation of<unk>  disease with a particular emphasis on achieving optimal quality of life outcomes.<unk>  includes both research and clinical practice aspects.
Cardiac psychology
Nutrition psychology
Psychology
Psychiatry
Clinical psychology
Counseling psychology
Nutritional science
Cardiogeriatrics