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Stress and hypertension [electronic resource] : examining the relation between psychological stress and high blood pressure / Kevin T. Larkin.

By: Larkin, Kevin T.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Current perspectives in psychology: Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005Description: x, 406 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Essential hypertension -- Etiology | Stress (Psychology)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616.1/32 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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616.1/32 (Browse shelf) Available

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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.