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

Publication Data

• Title Stress and hypertension : examining the relation between psychological stress and high blood pressure
• Author Kevin T. Larkin
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication date 2005
• Publication location New Haven, Conn.
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Essential hypertension :: Etiology
• Stress (Psychology)

Stress and hypertension : examining the relation between psychological stress and high blood pressure by Kevin T. Larkin. ISBN 0300106440. Published by Yale University Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.