Books by Hamideh Jahangiri

Lifestyle and heart health and disease provides a comprehensive evaluation of lifestyle factors that modify heart function and structure. It includes coverage of a wide range of lifestyle factors, including physical activity(low or lack of exercise), alcohol consumption(positive relation of alcohol with risks for type 2 diabetes mellitus and CVD in men and women), obesity, smoking tobacco, drugs abuse, nutrition(unhealthy diet) and psychosocial factors(decrease public knowledge of cardiovascular risk numbers: contextual factors affecting knowledge and health behavior and other risk factor is extension of peer support from diabetes management to CVD prevention and management in primary care). The book clearly presents the scientific evaluation of published research relating to general responses by scientists, physicians and patients, along with new research on the role of lifestyle in the prevention, amelioration and causation of cardiac remodeling and disease. According to these results, lifestyle changes showed exercise-based cardiovascular therapeutics especially exercise prescription for hypertension and a tailored smoking cessation program among smoker people with risk of CVD.

Jahangiri's Guide to Good Psychopharmacology Prescribing is a specific reference book for all clinicians such as psychiatrists and psychologists. Jahangiri's Guide to Good Psychopharmacology Prescribing is a remarkably thorough introductory textbook for psychopharmacology prescribing.This guide gives practical information on how to use these drugs in clinical practice. All of the selected drugs are presented in the same design format in order to facilitate rapid access to information. Specifically,each drug is broken down into five sections, each designated by a unique color background: therapeutics, side effects, dosing and use, special populations,& psychopharmacology. Therapeutics covers the brand names in major countries; the class of drug;what it is commonly prescribed and approved for by the FDA; how the drug works;how long it takes to work; what to do if it works or if it doesn¿t work. Side effects explains how the drug causes side effects. Dosing & use gives the usual dosing range; dosage forms;how to dose and dosing tips;symptoms of overdose; long-term use; if habit forming,how to stop; pharmakinetics; drug interactions; when not to use & other warnings or precautions.