PSYCHOLOGY 207
APPLICATIONS OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY TO HEALTH RESEARCH
SPRING 2000
Instructor: Susan S. Girdler, Ph.D.
Dates
Topic
Friday, April 14th
Overview of Cardiovascular Psychophysiology
(No readings)
Monday, April 17th
Stress Reactivity and Cardiovascular Disease
Readings:
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Carroll D, Smith GD, Sheffield D, Shipley MJ & Marmot
MG. Pressor reactions to psychological stress and prediction
of future blood pressure: Data from the Whitehall II Study.
British Medical Journal 1995, 310:771-776
Kasagi F, Atahoshi M & Shimaoka K. Relations between cold
pressor test and development of hypertension based on 28year follow-up Hypertension 1995, 25:71-76
Light KC, Girdler SS, Sherwood A, Bragdon EE, Brownley
KA, West SG & Hinderliter AL. High stress responsivity
predicts later blood pressure only in combination with positive
family history and high life stress. Hypertension 1999,
33:1458-1464.
Friday, April 21st
Good Friday
Monday, April 24th
Gender, Ethnicity, and Psychosocial Factors Modify Cardiovascular
Responses to Stress
Readings:
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Kaplan JR, Adams MR, Clarkson TB & Koritnik DR.
Psychosocial influences on female ‘protection’ among
cynomolgus macaques. Atherosclerosis 1984, 53:283-295.
Light KC, Brownley KA, Turner JR, Hinderliter AL, Girdler
SS, Sherwood A & Anderson NB. Job status and high-effort
coping influence work blood pressure in women and blacks.
Hypertension 1995, 25:554-559.
Owens JF, Stoney CM & Matthews KA. Menopausal status
influences ambulatory blood pressure levels and blood
pressure changes during mental stress. Circulation 1993,
88:2794-2802.
Allen MT, Stoney Cm, Owens JF & Matthews KA.
Hemodynamic adjustments to laboratory stress: The influence
of gender and personality. Psychosomatic Medicine 1993,
55:505-517.
Girdler
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Dates
Topic
Friday, April 28th
Depression and Coronary Heart Disease
Readings:
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Monday, May 1st
Readings:
Frasure-Smith N, Lesperance F & Talajic M. Depression and
18 month prognosis after myocardial infarction. Circulation
1995, 91:999-1005.
Carney Rm, Freedland KE, Eisen SA, Rich MW & Jaffe AS.
Major depression and medication adherence in elderly patients
with coronary artery disease. Health Psychology 1995, 14:8890.
Carney RM, Saunders RD, Freedland KE, Stein P, Rich MW
& Jaffe AS. Association of depression with reduced heart rate
variability in coronary artery disease. The American Journal
of Cardiology 1995, 76:562-564.
Brummett BH, Babyak MA, Barefoot JC, Bosworth HB,
Clapp-Channing NE, Siegler IC, Williams Jr RB & Mark DB.
Social support and hostility as predictors of depressive
symptoms in cardiac patients one month after hospitalization:
A prospective study. Psychosomatic Medicine 1998, 60:707713.
Cardiovascular and Neuroendocrine Dysregulation During Stress:
Pathophysiological Implications for Psychiatric Illness
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Light KC, Kothandapani RV & Allen MT. Enhanced
cardiovascular and catecholamine responses in women with
depressive symptoms. International Journal of
Psychophysiology 1998, 28:157-166.
Girdler SS, Pedersen CA, Straneva PA, Leserman J, Stanwyck
CL, neuroendocrine responses to stress in premenstrual
dysphoric disorder. Psychiatry Research 1998, 81:163-178.
Koo-Loeb JH, Pedersen C & Girdler SS. Blunted
cardiovascular and catecholamine stress reactivity in women
with bulimia nervosa. Psychiatry Research 1998, 80:13-27.
Chrousos GP & Gold PW. The concepts of stress and stress
system disorders. JAMA 1992, 267:1244-1252. (Background
reading only – will not be directly discussed)
Siever LJ & Davis KL. Overview: Toward a dysregulation
hypothesis of depression. American Journal of Psychiatry
1985, 142:1017-1031. (Background reading only – will not be
directly discussed)