Non-termination of sickness behavior as precipitating factor for mental disorders

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 316-329

  Viljoen, Margaretha ^a   Panzer, Annie ^a  

^a Department of Physiology ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 19744362987     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.08.032     Document Type: Article

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