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Revista Cubana de Hematología, Inmunología y Hemoterapia
versão On-line ISSN 1561-2996
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SANCHEZ SEGURA, Miriam; GONZALEZ GARCIA, René Marcos; MARSAN SUAREZ, Vianed e MACIAS ABRAHAM, Consuelo. Association between stress and the infectious, autoimmune, neoplastic and cardiovascular diseases. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [online]. 2006, vol.22, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2996.
It has been thought for a long time that the psychological factors play a role that contributes to predisposition, the beginning or the course of several physical diseases. Recent studies have clearly showed the existance of a link between stress and the development of many diseases. Stress is defined as a condition that occurs when an individual percieves demands from a situation that exceeds his resources and may increase the vulnerability of the organism to certain diseases, exerting an immunosuppressive effect. An updating is made on the influences of psychological stress on those diseases that are directly connected with immunological mechanisms, such as infections, autoimmune diseases and neoplasias, as well as on its effect on the cardiovascular diseases. It is stressed that opportune psychological interventions may help to modulate the response to stress and to improve the behavior of health, teaching more adaptative methods to the subjects to interpretate the challenges of life with more effective answers
Palavras-chave : Psychoneuroimmunology; central nervous system; hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis; immune system.