Psychoneuroimmunology

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Contents 1 Used for 2 See for 3 Broader Terms 4 Related Terms 5 Scope Note 6 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

immunopsychiatry, psychoimmunology

See for

psychosomatic

Broader Terms

immunology, neuroscience, psychobiology

Related Terms

alternative medicine, behavioral medicine, neuroimmunomodulation

Scope Note

study of the social and psychological (including behavioral, emotional, cognitive) variables effect on immune responses and disease, and the reciprocal effects of immune activation on brain functioning and behavior; closely related to NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION, e.g., effects of bereavement on health.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• A common thread in psychoneuroimmunology is that there are reasons to believe psychological states influence immune response, but this idea has been difficult to explore in a scientific manner.
• [1,17] Psychoneuroimmunology, Humanistic View The current research in the field of psychoneuroimmunology is demonstrating the inter- connections of the mind, the body and the spirit.
• What Psychoneuroimmunology Is Psychoneuroimmunology is the emerging science of the interaction between the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems.
• FROM THE PUBLISHERPsychoneuroimmunology is the study of interactions between the brain and the immune system.
• VIII, 285 Pages, HardcoverISBN0-471-98671-2 - John Wiley & Sons 16d Short descriptionPsychoneuroimmunology is the study of integrated behavioral, neural and endocrine, and immune functions.

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