[Psychosomatic aspects of hypertension treatment]

The outlines of doctor-patient relationship are important for the integration of non-drug therapy and drug-therapy in hypertension. Reliable cooperation between patient and physician is an important goal in treatment of hypertensive patients, which implies listening to the patient and a sufficient amount of time. This is especially important for the motivation of these hypertensives, which eventually will take psychotherapy or--and this is the larger group--look for a talk with the doctor and situational relief. An often practised part of this doctor-patient relationship is relaxation therapy.