Effective Management of Emotional Response to Generate Well-Being Post-HF Exacerbation

Exclusion Criteria

• •Significant cognitive impairment, indicated as a mini-mental state exam (MMSE) total score of 23 or lower
• •Lack of convenient internet access outside of hospital
• •Alcohol or other drug dependence/abuse within past 90 days as evaluated by review of medical record and patient interview (SCID)
• •Severe physical disability (visual, sensory or motor) that may interfere with study participation (assessment, online interactive learning)
• •History or presence of psychoses, bipolar disorder, and/or severe personality disorders as evaluated by review of medical record and patient interview (SCID)
• •Life-threatening co-morbidity with the likelihood of 50% mortality in one year
• •Active suicidal ideations
• •Female patients of childbearing potential
• •Treatment with electroconvulsive therapy or transcranial magnetic stimulation within past 90 days
• •Uncorrected hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism