Title: The link between religion and health : psychoneuroimmunology and the faith factor /
Authors: Koenig, Harold G. 1951-; Cohen, Harvey Jay
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Stress, Psychological immunology; Religion and Medicine; Psychoneuroimmunology; Psychoneuroimmunology; Faith Physiological aspects.
Abstract: Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) studies relationships between mental state and the nervous, endocrine and immune systems. It focuses on how mental states and beliefs affect physical health. This book examines topics relating to religious faith and behaviour.
Contents: The connection between psychoneuroimmunology and religion / Harold G. Koenig -- The development and history of psychoneuroimmunology / George F. Solomon -- Understanding how stress affects the physical body / Bruce S. Rabin -- Stress, natural killer cells, and cancer / Ronald B. Herberman -- Psychosocial interventions and prognosis in cancer / David Spiegel and Fawzy I. Fawzy -- Psychosocial stress, social networked, and susceptibility to infection / Sheldon Cohen -- Psychosocial factors, immunity, and wound healing / Harold G. Koenig and Harvey Jay Cohen -- Psychosocial factors, spirituality/religiousness, and immune function in HIV/AIDS patients / Gail Ironson and Neil Schneiderman -- Hostility, neuroendocrine changes, and health outcomes / Redford B. Williams -- Psychological stress and autoimmune disease / Harold G. Koenig and Harvey Jay Cohen -- Immune, neuroendocrine, and religious measures / Bruce S. Rabin and Harold G. Koenig -- Psychoneuroimmunology and eastern religious traditions / Paul J. Griffiths -- Psychoneuroimmunology and western religious traditions / Warren S. Brown -- Psychoneuroimmunology and religion: Implications for society and culture / Howard L. Kaye -- Avenues for future research / Harvey Jay Cohen and Harold G. Koenig.