ABSTRACT
Thus, this chapter first discusses the background issues, prevalence, and psychosocial stressors related to hypertension, the nature of the condition, medical treatments, and regimens. The chapter then discusses the eight interventions with promise of efficacy located in the systematic review of the present research. An exploration of the implications for
Who is affected by hypertension? ♦ What is hypertension? What are the treatments and medical ♦ regimens for hypertension? What are the psychosocial stressors associated with ♦ hypertension? What interventions are promising for social work ♦ implementation? Glossary ♦ Scenario ♦
practice, and future research, a glossary of relevant terms, and a scenario for discussion conclude the chapter.
