Depression and inflammation fuel one another. Inflammation plays a key role in
depression's pathogenesis for a subset of depressed individuals; depression also primes …

Sleep has a critical role in promoting health. Research over the past decade has
documented that sleep disturbance has a powerful influence on the risk of infectious …

The notion that psychological states can influence physical health is hardly new, and
perhaps nowhere has the mind-body connection been better studied than in cardiovascular …

Depression is characterized by disturbed sleep and eating, a variety of other nonspecific
somatic symptoms, and significant somatic comorbidities. Why there is such close …

Fatigue is a frequent symptom in several inflammatory diseases, particularly in rheumatic
diseases. Elements of disease activity and cognitive and behavior aspects have been …

Psychological stress is implicated in the etiology of many common chronic diseases and
mental health disorders. Recent research suggests that inflammation may be a key …

Objective Studies investigating mood in vegetarian diets have yielded conflicting results,
either demonstrating risk for mental disorders or mood protection. Our objective was to …

We examined the joint contributions of self-reported adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
and recent life events (RLEs) to inflammation at midlife, by testing 3 competing theoretical …

Women become depressed more frequently than men, a consistent pattern across cultures.
Inflammation plays a key role in initiating depression among a subset of individuals, and …

Highlights•The stress–depression link is not unidirectional, not static, and not simple.•Early
adverse conditions and chronic stress are especially predictive of depression.•Many …