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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Orth-Gomér, Kristina (Editor), Schneiderman, Neil (Editor), Vaccarino, Viola (Editor), Deter, Hans-Christian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.