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Article: Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology review and commentary.("unity of mental, neurological, hormonal and immune functions")
- Article from:
- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- August 1, 2002
- Author:
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Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology is the term describing the unity of mental, neurological, hormonal and immune functions with its many potential applications. PNIE addresses the influence of the cognitive images of the mind (whatever its elusive definition) on the central nervous system and consequent interactions with the endocrine and immune systems. It encompasses several arenas, including but not limited to biofeedback and voluntary controls, the impacts of thought and belief on physiology past and present effects of stress on mental, emotional and physical function, placebo effects, cumulative effects of social relationships on health and disease, and contiguous and ...