A robust body of scientific evidence has indicated that being embedded in high-quality close relationships and feeling socially connected to the people in one's life is associated with …
N Rohleder - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2019 - Elsevier
Stress responses help us navigate our environment and respond appropriately to threats. Stress systems communicate threats to the entire organism, and as such, also stimulate …
Crosstalk between inflammatory pathways and neurocircuits in the brain can lead to behavioural responses, such as avoidance and alarm, that are likely to have provided early …
J Holt-Lunstad - Annual review of psychology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Social relationships are adaptive and crucial for survival. This review presents existing evidence indicating that our social connections to others have powerful influences on health …
This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George …
Abstract Social Signal Transduction Theory of Depression is a biologically plausible, multi- level theory that describes neural, physiologic, molecular, and genomic mechanisms that …
Importance Recent estimates suggest that more than 50% of all deaths worldwide are currently attributable to inflammation-related diseases. Psychosocial interventions may …
MR Irwin, R Olmstead, JE Carroll - Biological psychiatry, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Sleep disturbance is associated with inflammatory disease risk and all-cause mortality. Here, we assess global evidence linking sleep disturbance, sleep duration, and …