title: Biofeedback treatments of essential hypertension.
abstract: Fifteen years of research in the self-regulatory treatment of hypertension by the author is summarized. A model relating expectations, task performance, home practice, and biochemical variables to the thermal biofeedback treatment of hypertension is presented.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, Albany.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Blanchard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012064:Relaxation Therapy