These are books we have found helpful to educate people about the psychological aspects contributing to heart disease:
Recovering From Heart Disease in Body & Mind: Medical and Psychological Strategies for Living with Coronary Artery Disease by Brian Harvey Baker, et al
Stress and a Healthy Ticker: A Psychological Approach to Healing and Preventing Heart Disease by Diana Wisdom
Women Are Not Small Men: Life-Saving Strategies for Preventing and Healing Heart Disease in Women by Nieca Goldberg, M.D
The Fitness Factor : Every Woman's Key to a Lifetime of Health and Well-Being by Lisa Callahan, M.D
Other Helpful websites:www.heartdisease.about.com - Info on heart disease and cardiology for the lay personwww.heartcenteronline.com - Info on heart disease for patientswww.nimh.nih/gov/publicat/heartbreak.cfm - About heart disease and depressionwww.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/nhaap/ - National Heart Attack Alert Programwww.cdc.gov/cvh - Centers for Disease Control and Preventionwww.americanheart.org - American Heart Associationwww.whvc.com - Wisconsin Heart and Vascular Clinics, a Milwaukee area cardiology practice