For over two decades, the minority stress model has guided research on the health of
sexually-diverse individuals (those who are not exclusively heterosexual) and gender …

Contemplative practices, such as meditation and yoga, are increasingly popular among the
general public and as topics of research. Beneficial effects associated with these practices …

The range of psychosocial stress factors/processes (eg, chronic stress, distress states,
coping, social adversity) were reviewed as they relate to immune variables in cancer along …

Postpartum depression (PPD) adversely affects the health and well being of many new
mothers, their infants, and their families. A comprehensive understanding of biopsychosocial …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease and the most
common cause of dementia. Deposition of amyloid‐β (Aβ) remains a hallmark feature of the …

Stress constitutes a state of threatened homeostasis triggered by intrinsic or extrinsic
adverse forces (stressors) and is counteracted by an intricate repertoire of physiologic and …

The concept that the gut and the brain are closely connected, and that this interaction plays
an important part not only in gastrointestinal function but also in certain feeling states and in …

The CNS is endowed with an elaborated response repertoire termed'neuroinflammation',
which enables it to cope with pathogens, toxins, traumata and degeneration. On the basis of …

Background Beginning at birth, the microbes in the gut perform essential duties related to
the digestion and metabolism of food, the development and activation of the immune system …

Research over the past three to four decades has clearly established that psychological
stress affects clinically relevant immune system outcomes, including inflammatory …