PSYCHOLOGIC ASPECTS OF HEART DISEASE
Authors: Edward D. Hoedemaker
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 September 1942PSYCHOLOGIC ASPECTS OF HEART DISEASEEDWARD D. HOEDEMAKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.EDWARD D. HOEDEMAKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-3-486 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA review of the literature on heart disease in which psychologic factors are discussed constitutes an interesting experiment for the internist as well as for the psychiatrist, for not only is the internist likely to be bewildered by the psychiatric terminology and interpretations, but the psychiatrist feels equally confused on reading the papers in the field of internal medicine.Articles by Paul White,1, 2Reid,3Hirschboeck,4Edwards and White,5and Friedlander and Levine6stress the sharp differentiation between organic heart disease and so-called "cardiac neurosis." This is also the chief point made by Boas,7Willius,8and Jukes.9Emphasis is placed...Bibliography1. WHITE PD: Cardiac neuroses; neurocirculatory asthenia, Nelson's Loose-Leaf Med., Vol. IV, p. 447. Google Scholar2. WHITE PD: Functional disorders of the heart, Am. Heart Jr., 1926, i, 527-538. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. REID WD: Treatment of neurosis (cardiac), New England Jr. Med., 1930, cc, 264-269. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HIRSCHBOECK FJ: Treatment of functional heart disease, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 1852-1857. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. EDWARDSWHITE JCPD: A note on the incidence of neurocirculatory asthenia with and without organic heart disease, New England Jr. Med., 1934, ccxi, 53. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. FRIEDLANDERLEVINE RDSA: Auricular fibrillation and flutter without evidence of organic heart disease, New England Jr. Med., 1934, ccxi, 624. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BOAS EP: Neurogenic disorders of the heart, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1928, clxxvi, 787-798. Google Scholar8. WILLIUS FA: Functional disorders of the heart, Jr. Iowa Med. Soc., 1931, xxi, 21-24. Google Scholar9. JUKES F: Functional heart disorders, Ohio State Med. Jr., 1936, xxxii, 310-322. Google Scholar10. MENNINGER WC: Functional cardio-vascular disorders: "cardiac neurosis," Southwestern Med., 1937, xxi, 281 and 324. Google Scholar11. MENNINGER WC: Psychological factors in disease, Wisconsin Med. Jr., 1938, xxxvii, 29. Google Scholar12. YASKIN JC: Cardiac psychoses and neuroses, Am. Heart Jr., 1936, xii, 536. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. WEISS S: The interaction between emotional states and the cardiovascular system in health and disease, The Emanuel Libman Anniversary Volume, 1932, iii, 1181-1193. Google Scholar14. WOLFE TP: Dynamic aspects of cardiovascular symptomatology, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1934, xci, 563. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. KATZENELBOGEN S: Somatic disorders of functional origin, ANN. INT. MED., 1932, v, 1017. Google Scholar16. CONNER LA: Psychic factor in cardiac disorders, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 447. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. KERRGLIEBEDALTON WJPAJ: Physical phenomena associated with anxiety states: The hyperventilation syndrome, California and West. Med., 1938, xlviii, 1. Google Scholar18. HOUSTON WR: Cardiac neuroses, South. Med. Jr., 1936, xxix, 404. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. DAY HB: Emotional causes of somatic diseases, Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med., 1935, xxviii, 425. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. DESCHAMPS P: Emotion and physio-pathology of the cardio-vascular system, La Pratique Médicale Française, 1937, xviii, 51-55. Google Scholar21. BROSSE T: Influence of conscious activity on the cardio-vascular system in man, La Pratique Médicale Française, 1937, xviii, 72-85. Google Scholar22. DELIUS L: Cardiac neurosis and organic circulatory disease, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1938, lxiv, 884-887. CrossrefGoogle Scholar23. DUNBAR HF: Psychic factors in cardiovascular disease, New York State Jr. Med., 1936, xxxvi, 423. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Seattle, Washington*Received for publication November 11, 1939. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 September 1942Volume 17, Issue 3Page: 486-495KeywordsCardiovascular therapyElectrocardiographyHeart diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...