Dr Kavita Vedhara is an MRC Career Track Scientist. She is on the editorial board of British Journal of Health Psychology, Psychology and Health and Brain, Behaviour and Immunity.Michael Irwin is Associate Editor of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (official journal of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society); Editorial Board, Psychosomatic Medicine; Advisory Council, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health; Past-President, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research; Past President, Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society; Norman Cousins Professor at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

... this book is not only very interesting but also gives valuable information regarding the relationship between psychological status and immune function.

• 1. Introduction to immunology and immune-endocrine interactions ; 2. Psychological stress and endocrine axes ; 3. Assessment of the immune system in human psychoneuroimmunology ; 4. Psychoneuroimmunology and ageing ; 5. Psychoneuroimmunology and coronary heart disease ; 6. Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic malignant disease: cancer ; 7. Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic viral disease: HIV infection ; 8. Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic autoimmune disease: rheumatoid arthritis ; 9. Infectious disease and psychoneuroimmunology ; 10. Depression and psychoneuroimmunology ; 11. Wound healing and psychoneuroimmunology ; 12. Behavioural interventions and psychoneuroimmunology ; 13. Emotional disclosure and psychoneuroimmunology ; Integrative summary: On the clinical relevance of psychoneuroimmunology

Dr Kavita Vedhara is an MRC Career Track Scientist. She is on the editorial board of British Journal of Health Psychology, Psychology and Health and Brain, Behaviour and Immunity.Michael Irwin is Associate Editor of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (official journal of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society); Editorial Board, Psychosomatic Medicine; Advisory Council, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health; Past-President, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research; Past President, Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society; Norman Cousins Professor at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

... this book is not only very interesting but also gives valuable information regarding the relationship between psychological status and immune function.

• 1. Introduction to immunology and immune-endocrine interactions ; 2. Psychological stress and endocrine axes ; 3. Assessment of the immune system in human psychoneuroimmunology ; 4. Psychoneuroimmunology and ageing ; 5. Psychoneuroimmunology and coronary heart disease ; 6. Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic malignant disease: cancer ; 7. Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic viral disease: HIV infection ; 8. Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic autoimmune disease: rheumatoid arthritis ; 9. Infectious disease and psychoneuroimmunology ; 10. Depression and psychoneuroimmunology ; 11. Wound healing and psychoneuroimmunology ; 12. Behavioural interventions and psychoneuroimmunology ; 13. Emotional disclosure and psychoneuroimmunology ; Integrative summary: On the clinical relevance of psychoneuroimmunology

Dr Kavita Vedhara is an MRC Career Track Scientist. She is on the editorial board of British Journal of Health Psychology, Psychology and Health and Brain, Behaviour and Immunity.Michael Irwin is Associate Editor of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (official journal of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society); Editorial Board, Psychosomatic Medicine; Advisory Council, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health; Past-President, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research; Past President, Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society; Norman Cousins Professor at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

... this book is not only very interesting but also gives valuable information regarding the relationship between psychological status and immune function.

• 1. Introduction to immunology and immune-endocrine interactions ; 2. Psychological stress and endocrine axes ; 3. Assessment of the immune system in human psychoneuroimmunology ; 4. Psychoneuroimmunology and ageing ; 5. Psychoneuroimmunology and coronary heart disease ; 6. Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic malignant disease: cancer ; 7. Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic viral disease: HIV infection ; 8. Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic autoimmune disease: rheumatoid arthritis ; 9. Infectious disease and psychoneuroimmunology ; 10. Depression and psychoneuroimmunology ; 11. Wound healing and psychoneuroimmunology ; 12. Behavioural interventions and psychoneuroimmunology ; 13. Emotional disclosure and psychoneuroimmunology ; Integrative summary: On the clinical relevance of psychoneuroimmunology