Stress and the Heart: Psychosocial Pathways to Coronary Heart Disease - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0727912771 ISBN 13: 9780727912770

Publisher: BMJ Books, 2002

Synopsis

This book brings together the evidence on psychosocial factors that influence the causation and progression of coronary heart disease. These include macrosocial factors such as social class, broad social influences such as the impact of work and social support and personal aspects such as depression and hostility. An important part of the book is the description of psychological and social influences on diet, smoking and physical activity all of which may be implicated in the causation of heart disease.These psychosocial factors are linked to the metabolic and physiological pathways involved in the development of coronary heart disease and their links with genetic characteristics are explored. Finally recent psychosocial intervention studies are reviewed.

About this title

From the Publisher:

New and growing research field Chapters written by international experts in the field First time all these different aspects of psychosocial factors are brought together in relation to coronary heart disease in one volume

From the Back Cover:

IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO HEART DISESASE? Until recently such a theory might have seemed unsubstaintiated with little scientific basis. In this book, written by the world's leading authorities, evidence from the existing research into the relationship between psychosocial stressors and heart disease is reviewed, enabling some solid conclusions to be drawn.

This is a comprehensive text that discusses the many aspects of this complex subject.

Chapters include:

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• Social class and coronary disease
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• The life course, stress and heart disease
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• Work and coronary heart disease
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• Social support and coronary heart disease
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• Hostility and heart disease
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• Depression and coronary heart desease
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• Impact of stress on diet
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• Stress and smoking
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• Psycho-physiological responsivity in coronary heart disease
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• Stress mechanisms and coronary heart disease
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• Arterial and myocardial structure and function
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• Social and psychosocial influences on sudden cardiac death
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• Stress and gene environment: interactions to coronary heart disease
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• Psychosocial interventions in coronary heart disease

Because of the profound implications for risk and prevention, this book will be of intense interest to cardiologists, psychologists, epidemiologists, and all those who manage patients with heart disease.

About this edition

• Publisher: BMJ Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0727912771
• ISBN 13: 9780727912770
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Stansfeld Stephen, Marmot Mchael