The modern views on arterial hypertension provoked by adverse influence of psychosomatic factors as a major cause of dangerous cardiovascular events SUMMARY. The article shows an analysis of psychosomatic factors' influence on the occurrence and progression of primary hypertension and its complications. It is noted, that primary hypertension occupies the first place in cardiovascular diseases structure in Ukraine and also has the role of an independent predictor of such diseases as coronary

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... ries disease, cerebrovascular diseases, chronic heart failure, chronic renal insufficiency. The high prevalence, the trend to increase risk-prognosis values and disabling effects of arterial hypertension on physical condition (incl. for working-age population) make it an important social problem. Arterial hypertension is rarely represented as a primary disease, it is usually combined with other cardiovascular risk factors (obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis) that are usually diagnosed at the age of 40-50 years. The achievement of target blood pressure value should be the main task for a clinician. Hence, insufficient adherence to the treatment is usually observed and predominantly caused by its asymptomatic clinical course with insufficient attention paid to the differential influence of psychosocial factors and psychosocial adaptations of urban and rural populations. However, at the same time, it is one of the most important aspects of arterial hypertension successful treatment.