[Psychological examinations in essential hypertension].

The influence of psychic factors on the blood pressure has been known since decenniums. In order to establish the psychic peculiarities of 25 male and 25 female patients, the complaint questionnaire of Höck and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was used. In 16 male and 21 female patients with the MMPI a neurosis could be established psychometrically. In female neurotic hypertonics the duration of the disease was three times longer than in non-neurotic hypertonics. The treatment of hypertension should not be exhausted in pharmacotherapy, but should also include the clearing up of the actual situation of life.