Stress and hypertension examining the relation between psychological stress and high blood pressure / [electronic resource] :
Kevin T. Larkin.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.
- x, 406 p. : ill.
- Current perspectives in psychology .
- Current perspectives in psychology. .
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.
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