Heart Disease. Hypertension. Stroke. & Type II Diabetes

1. Maria often complains of negative emotions, stress, and emotional pressures at work. Her colleague, Tandra, says that constant stress can trigger acute coronary events and advises her to meet a doctor. Support Tandra’s statements by citing the research on emotion and CHD.
2. Explain the relationship of lifestyle factors to coronary heart disease and cardiac rehabilitation. 3. Explain the role of stress management in recovery from myocardial infarction. 4. What ethnic differences have been found in the incidence of hypertension? What racial and psychosocial factors may be implicated in these ethnic differences? 5. Explain why adherence to diabetic treatment programs is so difficult for most people to achieve. Book Health Psychology