Stress and hypertension : examining the relation between psychological stress and high blood pressure /

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Kevin T. Larkin examines more than a half-century of empirical evidence obtained to test the common assumption that stress is associated with the onset and maintenance of essential hypertension (high blood pressure). The book discusses the effectiveness of strategies developed to manage stress and l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Larkin, Kevin T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]
Colección:Current perspectives in psychology.
Temas:
Essential hypertension > Etiology.
Stress (Psychology)
Hypertension > etiology
Stress, Psychological > complications
Hypertension artérielle essentielle > Étiologie.
Stress.
MEDICAL > Cardiology.
MEDICAL > General.
Essential hypertension > Etiology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the case of Franklin
  • Regulation of blood pressure
  • Measurement of blood pressure
  • Models of stress
  • Stress and essential hypertension
  • Acute stress responses : how do environmental stressors lead to essential hypertension?
  • Individual differences and essential hypertension : constitutional and lifestyle factors
  • Individual differences and essential hypertension : psychological and social factors
  • Treatment and prevention of essential hypertension
  • Conclusions and future directions.

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