Psychophysiological reactivity of borderline hypertensives and their recovery after mental stress

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 261-267

  Köhler, Th ^a   Fricke, M ^a   Ritz, Th ^a   Scherbaum, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Clinic for Child Psychiatry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distressing film; Hypertension; Mental arithmetic; Nonclinical sample; Psychophysiological responses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 1842367309     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289145     Document Type: Article

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