Mental stress has been recognized as an important risk factor of hypertension, yet the clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment for mental stress-induced hypertension remain to be issued. Therefore, experts specialized in cardiology, psychiatry, and traditional Chinese medicine organized by the Psycho-cardiology Group of College of Cardiovascular Physicians of Chinese Medical Doctor Association and Hypertension Group of Chinese Society of Cardiology proposed the present consensus statement, which includes the epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of the mental stress-induced hypertension. This consensus will hopefully facilitate the clinical practice of this disorder.

精神心理因素为高血压发病的重要危险因素，然而尚缺乏关于精神压力相关高血压诊疗的规范流程，为此中国医师协会心血管内科医师分会双心学组联合中华医学会心血管病学分会高血压学组组织心血管内科、精神科、中医科等学科专家，就精神压力相关高血压的诊断及治疗，制定诊疗策略的共识，本共识主要包括流行病学、发病机制、诊断和治疗，以利于提高临床诊疗效率。.