Long-term immune-endocrine effects of bereavement: Relationships with anxiety levels and mood

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-158

  Gerra, Gilberto ^a,d   Monti, Daniela ^b   Panerai, Alberto E ^c   Sacerdote, Paola ^c   Anderlini, Roberta ^b   Avanzini, Paola ^a   Zaimovic, Amir ^a   Brambilla, Francesca ^c   Franceschi, Claudio ^b  

^a AUSL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento Nazionale Politiche Antidroga   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bereavement; Corticotropin; Depression; Dexamethasone; Hydrocortisone; Natural killer cells; Neuro immunomodulation; Psychological stress; endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMILTON SCALE; HARM REDUCTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUDDEN DEATH; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0345490744     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00255-5     Document Type: Article

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