Stress management is an appealing concept and makes sense for a person's overall health.
However, the available data don't yet support specific recommendations for its use as a proven therapy for cardiovascular disease. Stress can refer to physical effort as well as mental tension. It's almost impossible to define a high level of emotional or psychological stress. All people feel stress, but they feel it in different amounts and react to it in different ways. A growing body of scientific evidence points to a relationship between the risk of cardiovascular disease and environmental and psychosocial factors - such as job strain, social isolation and personality traits.