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

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult male and female patients, age ≥ 18 hospitalized at Duke inpatient service because of heart failure
NYHA Class ≥ II

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