On a Texas summer night while hiking through the woods, Lance Kincaid encountered the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. The image of Maria's half naked body as she stared out of the cabin window, lingered in his dreams for close to twenty years. Upon his return to the very spot where he first saw Maria, Lance quickly discovered that in the town of Del Rio, nothing was as it seemed. As he began his crusade to find the mysterious woman, Lance stumbled onto the town's dark secret and found himself fighting for his freedom and his life.

This handbook brings together the full weight of contemporary evidence bearing on what is now commonly termed -psycho-cardiology-. It focuses on the role of psycho-social factors in the genesis and clinical management of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The book constitutes a critically reviewed compendium of current knowledge in the area, coupled with guides to evidence-based best practice in the field of psycho-cardiology. The following categories are covered: Social/demographic risk for CVD, Personality and CVD risk, Stress and CVD risk, Psychopathology (particularly affective disorders) and...