In the past 40 years, a growing body of literature has shown that chronic psychological
stress can lead to immune dysregulation. Notably, these stress-induced immune changes …

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

The relationship between stress and health has long been one block in the foundation of
behavioral medicine research and intervention. The contribution of stress to a wide variety of …

The communication between the central nervous system and the immune system occurs via
a complex network of bidirectional signals linking the nervous, endocrine and immune …

Stress is known to suppress immune function and increase susceptibility to infections and
cancer. Paradoxically, stress is also known to exacerbate asthma and allergic, autoimmune …

In this chapter, we provide an overview of how stress affects immune functioning and
examine evidence in the literature regarding various intrapersonal and interpersonal factors …

Highlights•Psychological stress can dysregulate the human immune system.•Stress can
impact immunity differentially across individuals and contexts.•Recent work in this area has …

Although the concept of stress has earned a bad reputation, it is important to recognize that
the adaptive purpose of a physiological stress response is to promote survival during fight or …

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 …

F or gested stress, many mood, that years, psychological and anecdotal behavior evidence
modulate and physical sugthe immune system and predispose an individual to immune …