Does the concept of a broken heart have some grounding in reality? Can grief affect the
body in ways that necessitate medical care and may even be life-threatening? Scholars from …

Psychological stress is thought to undermine host resistance to infection through
neuroendocrine-mediated changes in immune competence. Associations between stress …

Social anxiety is an unavoidable part of everyday life. Whether experienced when speaking
before large groups, in interactions with one's boss, when talking to potential romantic …

Objective To determine the association between asthma and mental disorders among adults
in the community. Setting Germany. Participants Representative sample of the general …

" As someone who has spent forty years in psychology with a long-standing interest in
evolution, I'll just assimilate Howard Bloom's accomplishment and my amazement."-DAVID …

OBJECTIVES:(1) To evaluate the psychometric properties of the MacArthur Health and
Behavior Questionnaire (HBQ) in two studies of 4-to 8-year-old children and (2) to explore …

It is still debatable whether anxiety and depression in patients affected by rhinitis could play
a role in the genesis of the disease, whether they are a consequence of the symptoms. The …

We examined temporal changes in behavior, regional brain electrical activity (EEG), heart
rate, cardiac vagal tone, the startle eyeblink response, and salivary cortisol during a task …

This paper reviews the clinical and experimental literature on patients with multiple adverse
responses to chemicals (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome-MCS) and develops a …

An overview of allostasis, the process by which the body maintains overall viability under
normal and adverse conditions. Homeostasis, a key concept in biology, refers to the …