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Stress management approaches to the prevention of coronary heart disease
Author(s) -
Bennett Paul,
Carroll Douglas
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1990.tb00843.x
Subject(s) - coronary heart disease , psychological intervention , stress management , disease , psychology , psychological stress , medicine , coronary disease , intensive care medicine , secondary prevention , clinical psychology , cardiology , psychiatry
This paper reviews evidence for the effectiveness of stress management techniques in reducing three risk factors for coronary heart disease: Type A behaviour, raised serum cholesterol, and hypertension. Preliminary evidence suggests that such interventions not only reduce individual risk factors, they can also reduce mortality and morbidity to CHD. Consideration now has to be given to the most effective system of delivery of such interventions.