Stress and hypertension examining the relation between psychological stress and high blood pressure /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
c2005.
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| Series: | Current perspectives in psychology
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10169980 |
Table of 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.