Editorial
Hearts and minds
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Editorials in Heart reflect the range of original papers we receive, covering diagnosis, management, epidemiology, and pathology of cardiovascular disease. Little has been published on the clinically well recognised interaction between the heart, psychology, and behaviour. There are two contributory factors: cardiologists tend to be suspicious about the reliability and validity of psychological and social measures, and about the relevance of such findings to busy routine cardiac care. These views are partly a residue from the older psychosomatic literature on alleged psychological causes of heart disease. On the other hand, psychiatrists and psychologists often have little understanding of the clinical practice of cardiology and have preferred to publish in their own journals. This estrangement has hindered understanding and clinical progress.
Heart felt that, with the help of Professor
Richard Mayou, a psychiatrist and former editor of
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, it should
commission a series of editorials to provide
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