THE EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Authors: E WEISS, O S ENGLISH, H K FISCHER, M KLEINBART, J ZATUCHNI, P STERN, J PASTOR, G O'CONNELL, E POYNTER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 October 1952THE EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSUREEDWARD WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P., O. SPURGEON ENGLISH, M.D., F.A.C.P., H. KEITH FISCHER, M.D., MORRIS KLEINBART, M.D., F.A.C.P., JACOB ZATUCHNI, M.D., PHYLLIS STERN, M.A., JOYCE PASTOR, M.A., GERTRUDE O'CONNELL, M.S., EMILY POYNTER, M.S.EDWARD WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, O. SPURGEON ENGLISH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, H. KEITH FISCHER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MORRIS KLEINBART, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JACOB ZATUCHNI, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PHYLLIS STERN, M.A.Search for more papers by this author, JOYCE PASTOR, M.A.Search for more papers by this author, GERTRUDE O'CONNELL, M.S.Search for more papers by this author, EMILY POYNTER, M.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-4-677 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe organic tradition in medicine has been responsible for a narrow (physical) view of the etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of essential hypertension. The psychosomatic approach does not neglect the physical problems involved but includes a consideration of the rôle of emotions. It emphasizes the multiple factors in etiology, pathogenesis and treatment, and attempts to evaluate the resulting composite clinical picture. Such studies indicate that emotional factors apparently are intimately related to the onset of hypertension in some patients (5 per cent), and to the production of symptoms and complications in many others (87 per cent), and that they enter into...Bibliography1. Weiss E: Psychosomatic aspects of hypertension, J. A. M. A. 120: 1081, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. ReiserBrustFerris MFAAEB: Life situations, emotions, and the course of patients with arterial hypertension, Psychosom. Med. 13: 133 (May-June) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. ReiserRosenbaumFerris MFMEB: Psychologic mechanisms in malignant hypertension, Psychosom. Med. 13: 147 (May-June) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. WhitelawSmithwick GPRH: Some secondary effects of sympathectomy with particular reference to disturbance of sexual function, New England J. Med. 245: 121, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Presented at the Thirty-third Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, April 25, 1952.From the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, Temple University Medical School, Philadelphia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAssessment of HypertensionThe Role of Stress in HypertensionBehavioral and Environmental Aspects of HypertensionPsychosomatic aspects of hypertensionDie essentielle HypertonieHYPERTHYROID CHILDREN: INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY DYNAMICSBehandlung der benignen und malignen HypertonieHypertonieHypertonieIndividuelle Unterschiede in der Reaktion von Kreislauf und Gasstoffwechsel auf dosierte Belastungen: Cold Pressor Test, Flickerlicht, Lärm, körperliche ArbeitThe pathogenesis of essential hypertensionPhysiologic Psychology of Neurosis 1 October 1952Volume 37, Issue 4Page: 677-688KeywordsEmotionsEtiologyHypertensionPathogenesisPrimary hypertension ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...