Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Women Concepts, Findings, Future Perspectives /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Orth-Gomér, Kristina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schneiderman, Neil (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Vaccarino, Viola (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Deter, Hans-Christian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Sociology.; Health psychology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Health Psychology.; Gender Studies.; Internal Medicine.

Not long ago, it was assumed that coronary heart disease mainly--or only--affected men. Now that CHD is recognized as a leading killer of women as well as men, numerous research studies have been made of its diverse presentations in women, causal factors, and possibilities for prevention and treatme...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Epidemiology and Risk Factors
• Prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular disease in women: psychosocial stress, morbidity, and mortality
• Socioeconomic status and women’s health: development over the life span
• Women’s health, work and family life
• Early stress experience: psychosocial risk factors in women with special reference to PTSD.- Mechanisms and Psychobiological Pathways
• Basic psychophysiological stress mechanisms: cortisol and catecholamines
• Female endogenous hormones: the menopausal transition and women’s health
• Psychoneuroimmunological pathways in women
• Psychobiological mechanisms in women
• Neurobiological and genetic pathways in women
• Recovery and restitution: sleep quality and reparatory functions in women
• Pst-traumatic stress disorder: early impact on brain function and psychobiological pathways in women
• Breathing patterns and blood pressure regulation in women
• Interventions to Reduce Women’s Stress and Improve Health.- Evaluation of randomized clinical trials in women’s health: impact, methods, and criteria
• Life skills for women: cognitive processes and communicative skills in randomized clinical trials
• Cognitive programs, dynamic concepts: interpersonal interactions in women’s clinical trials
• Successful intervention modalities for female patients: experiences from practical implementation of a cognitive program in different groups of women
• Conclusions from 20 years of research on women’s cardiovascular health: tracking the chain of events
• Summary and Concluding Remarks.