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9780300106442

Stress and Hypertension : Examining the Relation Between Psychological Stress and High Blood Pressure

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300106442

  • ISBN10:

    0300106440

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2005-11-11
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Summary

Does living a stress-filled life lead to elevated blood pressure? And if so, do strategies to better manage stress effectively lower blood pressure? In this authoritative and comprehensive book, 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). While the research confirms that stress does play a role in the exacerbation of essential hypertension, numerous other factors must also be considered, among them obesity, exercise, and smoking, as well as demographic, constitutional, and psychological concerns. The author discusses the effectiveness of strategies developed to manage stress and thereby lower blood pressure and concludes with suggestions and directions for further study.

Author Biography

KEVIN T. LARKIN is professor of psychology, director of clinical training, and adjunct professor of behavioral medicine and psychiatry at West Virginia University.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword ix
Alan E. Kazdin
Introduction: The Case of Franklin 1(6)
Regulation of Blood Pressure
7(23)
Measurement of Blood Pressure
30(37)
Models of Stress
67(25)
Stress and Essential Hypertension
92(35)
Acute Stress Responses: How Do Environmental Stressors Lead to Essential Hypertension?
127(54)
Individual Differences and Essential Hypertension: Constitutional and Life-style Factors
181(33)
Individual Differences and Essential Hypertension: Psychological and Social Factors
214(43)
Treatment and Prevention of Essential Hypertension
257(50)
Conclusions and Future Directions
307(16)
References 323(75)
Index 398

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