Stress, depression and immunity: The role of defense and coping styles

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-15

  Olff, Miranda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Clinical depression; Psychological interventions; Psychoneuroimmunology; Repression

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX; STRESS;

EID: 0033580063     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(98)00139-5     Document Type: Article

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