Stress and Cardiovascular Disease (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)

Part I: Mechanisms.- Chapter 2 - Social Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Primates.- Chapter 3 - Cardiovascular and Autonomic Responses to Stress.- Chapter 4 - Sympathetic Neural and Adrenal Medullary Mechanisms in Depression and Panic Disorder.- Chapter 5 - Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Cardiovascular Disease.- Chapter 6 - Hemostatic Effects of Stress.- Chapter 7 - Stress, Inflammation, and Coronary Heart Disease.- Chapter 8 - Brain Imaging of Stress and Cardiovascular Responses.- Part II: Acute Stress and Triggering.- Chapter 9 - Psychological Triggers for Plaque Rupture.- Chapter 10 - Stress Cardiomyopathy.- Part III: Chronic Stress.- Chapter 11 - Psychosocial Factors at Work: The Epidemiological Perspective.- Chapter 12 - Depression and Cardiovascular Disease Progression: Epidemiology, Mechanisms and Treatment.- Chapter 13 - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Emerging Risk Factor and Mechanism.- Chapter 14 - Sleep, Stress and Heart Disease.- Chapter 15 - The Causal Role of Chronic Mental Stress in the Pathogenesis of Essential Hypertension.- Chapter 16 - Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes.- Part IV: Treatment.- Chapter 17 - Stress Management and Behavior: From Cardiac Patient to Worksite Intervention.- Chapter 18 - Exercise to Reduce Distress and Improve Cardiac Function: Moving on and finding the pace.- Part V: Treatment of Depression.- Chapter 19 - The Psychological Treatment of Cardiac Patients.- Chapter 20 - Integrating the Management of Psychosocial and Behavior Risk Factors into Clinical Medical Practice.- Part VI: Synthesis and Recommendations.- Chapter 21 - Concluding Remarks.