Innate immune responses are regulated by microorganisms and cell death, as well as by a
third class of stress signal from the nervous and endocrine systems. The innate immune …

Highly stressed employees are subject to greater health risks, increased cost, and
productivity losses than those with normal stress levels. To address this issue in an evidence …

Objective To test whether a brief mindfulness meditation training intervention buffers self-
reported psychological and neuroendocrine responses to the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) …

Socioeconomic status (SES), often conceptualized as income, education, or occupation, is
associated with risk for disease morbidity and psychopathology. Recent research has …

Although we generally experience our bodies as being biologically stable across time and
situations, an emerging field of research is demonstrating that external social conditions …

This paper provides a review and critique of empirical research on perceived discrimination
and health. The patterns of racial disparities in health suggest that there are multiple ways …

This paper provides a concise but comprehensive review of research on religion/spirituality
(R/S) and both mental health and physical health. It is based on a systematic review of …

The brain is the key organ of stress processes. It determines what individuals will experience
as stressful, it orchestrates how individuals will cope with stressful experiences, and it …

Exposure to chronic adverse conditions, and the resultant activation of the neurobiological
response cascade, has been associated with an increased risk of early onset of age-related …

The theoretical constructs of allostasis and allostatic load (AL) have contributed to our
understanding of how constantly changing social and environmental factors impact …