Is there immune dysfunction in depressive disorders?
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Is there immune dysfunction in depressive disorders?
The hypotheses that psychological disorders result in disturbed immune function, and that such dysfunction, in turn, predisposes the individual to later physical illness, underpin the infant field of 'psychoimmunology'. Despite its short history the discipline has attracted considerable criticism. For example, in a British Medical Journal editorial, Denman (1986) stated that 'little (evidence) ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Medicine
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0033-2917,1469-8978
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700036424