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Cardiac psychology is a specialization of health psychology that focuses on the primary and secondary prevention of heart disease by incorporating strategies to address the emotional and behavioral barriers to lifestyle changes (e.g. smoking cessation), and that seeks to enhance recovery in cardiac patients by means of providing patients tools (e.g. stress management and psychotherapy) to cope ...
Hans Selye defined stress as “the nonspecific (that is, common) result of any demand upon the body, be the effect mental or somatic.” [5] This includes the medical definition of stress as a physical demand and the colloquial definition of stress as a psychological demand. A stressor is inherently neutral meaning that the same stressor can ...
"Many of us are living in a constant state of stress and therefore are in a constant state of this heightened response," explains Dr. Latimer to AOL. Wellness Wednesdays: How stress affects your heart
The process of stress management is a key factor that can lead to a happy and successful life in modern society. [citation needed] Stress management provides numerous ways to manage anxiety and maintain overall well-being. There are several models of stress management, each with distinctive explanations of mechanisms for controlling stress.
Heart disease risk factors include stress. Chronic stress can trigger inflammation and raise LDL cholesterol. Doctors share tips for protecting heart health.
Clinical presentations of health issues may be observed, particularly for heart function. As a result of the body's increased release of stress hormones (e.g., cortisol) due to prolonged stress, blood pressure and heart rate will jump significantly. [7] Such histological responses are linked to an increase in: bodily inflammation; risk of stroke
Relaxation therapy, the application of relaxation techniques, can be applied in various settings to complement treatment for stress, anxiety, depression, and pain. It addresses both psychological and physiological effects of stress such as increased heart rate, sweating, and muscle tension. [2]
For example, it was found that: Chronic stress reduces resistance of infection and inflammation, and might even cause the immune system to attack itself. [27] Stress responses can cause atrophy of muscles and increases in blood pressure. [28] When the stress is chronic, it will lead to sustained elevated blood pressure, impairing the heart ...