Hamideh Jahangiri

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the first most important health issue of the twenty-first century, and the most important cause of mortality in Iran. According to statistics, 2 million Iranians are suffering from coronary heart disease. The Research Committee of the Iranian Society of Cardiac Surgeons has announced that the age of exposure to cardiovascular disease in Iran is approximately 7-10 years less than other countries. In developed countries, people are exposed to this disease in the sixth decade of their lives. However, most of the people in Iran are exposed to this disease during the fifth decade of their life. There are about 50 thousand heart surgeries performed annually in Iran. The psychiatric disorders factors as independent risk factors have an important part in physical chronic diseases, particularly coronary heart disease. Findings of this study revealed that psychiatric factors have a very important role in the etiology, development, duration, and outcome of CHD disease. The high co-morbidity between psychiatric disorders and coronary heart disease needs more attention.

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.

Jahangiri's Handbook on Injectable intravenous Drugs is justified in being described as the "gold standard" for information on injectable drugs and it is widely used by pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across the world. No other reference source examines parenteral drug stability and compatibility in such detail. Information is gathered on the pharmaceutics of parenteral medicines as applied to the clinical setting. In 392 monographs, information on injectable drugs available commercially in the United States and other countries. The monographs are divided into the following subheadings: products, administration, stability, compatibility and other information. The tables of compatibility for the subject drug in infusion solutions and with other drugs in admixtures, syringes and during simultaneous administration through manifolds and Y-sites are arranged by category. The section on "products" lists the sizes, strengths, volumes and pharmaceutical forms along with the other components of the formulation and instructions for reconstitution. It is an essential reference source for all professionals involved in the preparation or clinical use of injectable drugs.