Stress and hypertension : examining the relation between psychological stress and high blood pressure / / Kevin T. Larkin.
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| Superior document: | Current perspectives in psychology |
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Current perspectives in psychology.
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| Physical Description: | x, 406 p. :; ill. |
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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.