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Mind, Immunity and Health: The Science of Psychoneuroimmunology
Mind Immunity and Health The Science of Psychoneuroimmunology Author:Philip Evans, Frank Hucklebridge, Angela Clow, Hucklebridge Frank Evans Philip, Clow Angela There is a growing consensus that the mind can effect the immune system and over the past decade a new field - known as psychoneuroimmunology or PNI for short - has established itself to investigate the effects of the mind upon the immune system and vice versa. It is an exciting new area of research in hte field of health psychology. The authors... more » - all part of an internationally recognised team of working in hte field - provide a comprehensive and detailed account informed by the latest research. Among the topics covered are stress and immunity and depression and immunity. Their final chapter assess the evidence of PNI effects are directly related to health.« less