Open AccessPregnancy as a stressful life event and strategies for coping with stress in women with pregnancy-induced hypertension
Author(s) -
Artur Bjelica
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0408363b
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , coping (psychology) , etiology , mechanism (biology) , psychiatry , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychology , philosophy , genetics , epistemology , biology
Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) represents an extremely important problem in perinatology. Despite numerous clinical observations and studies, the etiology and exact sequence of pathophysiological events accompanying this specific disorder have remained still unresolved. The concepts most often considered are those that include genetic, endocrine and immunological mechanisms. Besides, one can also find in the literature considerations addressing potential participation of psychologicalfactors in pregnancy-induced hypertension.