Behavioral treatment of hypertensive heart disease in African Americans: rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial.
Behavioral Medicine 2001 Robert H Schneider, Amparo Castillo-Richmond, Charles N. Alexander et al.
African Americans experience higher morbidity and mortality than Whites do as a result of hypertension and associated cardiovascular disease. Chronic psychosocial stress has been considered an important contributing factor to these high rates. The authors describe the rationale and design for a planned randomized controlled trial comparing Transcendental Meditation, a stress-reduction...