Stress and hypertension: examining the relation between psychological stress and high blood pressure
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Main Author: Larkin, Kevin T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press c2005
Series:Current perspectives in psychology
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-397) and index
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
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 lower blood pressure
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 406 p.)
ISBN:030012886X
9780300128864

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