Psychological stress reactivity and future health and disease outcomes: A systematic review of prospective evidence

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 114, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Turner, Anne I ^a   Smyth, Nina ^b   Hall, Sarah J ^a   Torres, Susan J ^a   Hussein, Mais ^a   Jayasinghe, Sisitha U ^a,c   Ball, Kylie ^a   Clow, Angela J ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Blood pressure; Cortisol; Disease outcomes; Epinephrine; Health outcomes; Heart rate; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Norepinephrine; Sympatho adrenal medullary system

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHRINE; NORADRENALIN;

ACUTE STRESS; ANXIETY; BONE MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TELOMERE LENGTH; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHOADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 85079003389     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104599     Document Type: Review

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