Psycho-neuro-endocrine-immune modulation through the brain-gut axis likely has a key role
in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The brain-gut axis involves …

This review highlights consistent patterns in the literature associating positive affect (PA) and
physical health. However, it also raises serious conceptual and methodological …

Background. It is not known whether psychological stress suppresses host resistance to
infection. To investigate this issue, we prospectively studied the relation between …

In considering new paradigms for the prevention and treatment of disease and disability, we
need to incorporate ways to promote social support and develop family and community …

Stress has long been a major focus among researchers interested in environmental and
psychosocial influences on health. However, the way in which the term" stress" has been …

This article presents a meta-analysis of the literature on stress and immunity in humans. The
primary analyses include all relevant studies irrespective of the measure or manipulation of …

This article reviews research on the role of stress in infectious disease as measured either
by illness behaviors (symptoms and use of health services) or by verified pathology …

While there has been a great deal of speculation over the years on the importance of
emotional factors in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), it is only in the last decade or so that …

▪ Abstract This review addresses the importance of studies of human
psychoneuroimmunology in understanding the role of psychological factors in physical …

A meta-analysis indicated that clinical depression was associated with several large
alterations in cellular immunity. Analyzing only methodologically sound studies, reliable …