Stress, immunity and illness — a review

The social readjustment rating scale

1967 • 10,950 citations

Anorexia Nervosa

1979 • 2,015 citations

DEPRESSED LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION AFTER BEREAVEMENT

1977 • 949 citations

The Theory and Practice of Mental Health Consultation.

1970 • 673 citations

The Theory and Practice of Mental Health Consultation

1971 • 670 citations

Marital quality, marital disruption, and immune function.

1987 • 667 citations

Suppression of Lymphocyte Stimulation Following Bereavement

1983 • 628 citations

Stress, loneliness, and changes in herpesvirus latency

1985 • 500 citations

Stress-related immune suppression: Health implications

1987 • 389 citations

“The Role of Cyclic 3′, 5′ Adenosine Monophosphate in the Specific Cytolytic Activity of Lymphocytes”

1972 • 388 citations

Lymphocyte Function in Major Depressive Disorder

1984 • 382 citations

Psychological attributes of women who develop breast cancer: A controlled study

1975 • 381 citations

Psychosocial Correlates of Survival in Advanced Malignant Disease?

1985 • 366 citations

ACADEMIC STRESS, POWER MOTIVATION, AND DECREASE IN SECRETION RATE OF SALIVARY SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN A

1983 • 360 citations

Suppression of Immunity by Stress: Effect of a Graded Series of Stressors on Lymphocyte Stimulation in the Rat

1981 • 354 citations

Mortality in Depressed Patients Treated With Electroconvulsive Therapy and Antidepressants

1976 • 344 citations

Psychological Depression and 17-Year Risk of Death from Cancer1

1981 • 325 citations

The Role of Cyclic 3′,5′ Adenosine Monophosphate in the Specific Cytolytic Activity of Lymphocytes

1972 • 305 citations

Stress and Coping Factors Influence Tumor Growth

1979 • 285 citations

Impaired lymphocyte function in depressive illness

1983 • 280 citations

MORTALITY AFTER BEREAVEMENT

1981 • 251 citations

Brain, behavior, and bodily disease.

1981 • 251 citations

An Epidemiological Review of the Mortality of Bereavement

1977 • 248 citations

Stress-related impairments in cellular immunity

1985 • 238 citations

Life Change Stress, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Natural Killer Cell Activity

1984 • 230 citations

The Influence of the Psyche and the Brain on Immunity and Disease Susceptibility: A Critical Review

1979 • 225 citations

Depression and Immunity

1985 • 224 citations

Distress and DNA repair in human lymphocytes

1985 • 211 citations

THE MORTALITY OF WIDOWERS

1963 • 211 citations

Topics in psychoendocrinology

1976 • 204 citations

Wheat Gluten as a Pathogenic Factor in Schizophrenia

1976 • 202 citations

Stressed Power Motivation, Sympathetic Activation, Immune Function, and Illness

1980 • 188 citations

Psychosocial Risk Factors in the Developmental of Infectious Mononucleosis*

1979 • 187 citations

Psychoneuroendocrinological Effects on the Immune Response

1981 • 184 citations

Psychosocial factors as strong predictors of mortality from cancer, ischaemic heart disease and stroke: The Yugoslav prospective study

1985 • 184 citations

Psychological Factors in the Prognosis of Malignant Melanoma: A Prospective Study*

1979 • 177 citations

Bereavement

1985 • 164 citations

Effect of social support on stress-related changes in cholesterol level, uric acid level, and immune function in an elderly sample

1985 • 163 citations

Stress, behavior, and immunity: Animal models and mediating mechanisms

1982 • 161 citations

AN EMOTIONAL LIFE‐HISTORY PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH NEOPLASTIC DISEASE*

1966 • 161 citations

Psychoneuroimmunology

1982 • 159 citations

Prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis

1979 • 155 citations

Aberrations in lymphocyte subpopulations and function during psychological stress.

1982 • 144 citations

A Possible Relationship between Psychological Factors and Human Cancer

1954 • 143 citations

Stress and the transformation of lymphocytes by Epstein-Barr virus

1984 • 142 citations

Schizophrenia and physical disease

1979 • 135 citations

Relapsed Schizophrenics: Earlier Discharge from the Hospital After Cereal-Free, Milk-Free Diet

1973 • 132 citations

Predicting experimental colds in volunteers from different measures of recent life stress

1980 • 126 citations

The need for power, stress, immune function, and illness among male prisoners.

1982 • 118 citations

Immunity, Emotions and Stress

1974 • 111 citations

Premorbid personality differentiation of cancer and noncancer groups: A test of the hypothesis of cancer proneness.

1980 • 111 citations

Review of the effects of stress on cancer in laboratory animals: Importance of time of stress application and type of tumor.

1985 • 109 citations

Family Attitudes Reported in Youth as Potential Predictors of Cancer

1979 • 108 citations

RAISED CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-ANTIBODY LEVEL IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS

1980 • 107 citations

The sequelae and nonsequelae of conjugal bereavement

1979 • 107 citations

A controlled study of cellular immune function in affective disorders before and during somatic therapy

1985 • 107 citations

Stress, adaptation, and immunity: Studies in humans

1982 • 106 citations

A Serological Study on Mentally Ill Patients

1974 • 105 citations

The World Biennial of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

1973 • 104 citations

Premorbid personality differentiation of cancer and noncancer groups: A test of the hypothesis of cancer proneness.

1980 • 104 citations

The need for power, stress, immune function, and illness among male prisoners.

1982 • 100 citations

Stress, Early Experience and Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis in the Rat

1971 • 100 citations

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SETTING OF UTERINE CERVICAL CANCER*

1966 • 99 citations

Experiential and Environmental Factors in Cancer

1970 • 97 citations

Psychological factors in the outcome of human cancer

1968 • 97 citations

Leukopenia in anorexia nervosa. Lack of increased risk of infection.

1978 • 95 citations

Stress and cancer: The state of the art

1981 • 94 citations

Altered cellular immune response following peer separation

1981 • 90 citations

Effect of Psychological Stress on the Induction of Arthritis in Rats

1980 • 88 citations

An analysis of lymphocyte subpopulations in schizophrenic patients.

1982 • 88 citations

Possible effects of early separation experiences on subsequent immune function in adult macaque monkeys

1985 • 88 citations

Stress and murine sarcoma virus (Moloney)-induced tumors.

1972 • 87 citations

Pain and Mood Patterns in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

1970 • 87 citations

Schizophrenia as an Immunologic Disorder

1967 • 87 citations

Cancer and the Mind

1983 • 86 citations

Serum iga and emotional expression in breast cancer patients

1977 • 85 citations

Antibody and cell-mediated immunity to herpes simplex virus in psychotic depression.

1978 • 85 citations

EMOTIONS, STRESS, THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND IMMUNITY

1969 • 84 citations

Psychological identification of breast cancer patients before biopsy

1982 • 84 citations

Personality characteristics in males conducive to lung cancer

1963 • 81 citations

THE PSYCHOSOCIAL SETTING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA

1966 • 80 citations

An immunological assessment of patients with anorexia nervosa

1981 • 80 citations

Psychosocial Risk Factors for Lung Cancer

1979 • 80 citations

Leukopenia in Anorexia Nervosa

1978 • 80 citations

Monozygotic twins discordant for rheumatoid arthritis: a genetic, clinical and psychological study of 8 sets

1968 • 77 citations

The role of cyclic nucleotides in lymphocyte activation and function.

1977 • 75 citations

Effects of Crowding of Mice on Humoral Antibody Formation and Protection to Lethal Antigenic Challenge

1977 • 73 citations

Does psychiatric illness affect the recurrence rate of genital herpes?

1982 • 68 citations

A retrospective study of personality variables associated with fibrocystic disease and breast cancer

1984 • 68 citations

Stress and cancer: The state of the art Part 1

1980 • 67 citations

Hormonal regulation of the immune response

1971 • 65 citations

Stress and the Immune Response in Rats

1976 • 64 citations

Aspects of humoral and cellular immunity in schizophrenia.

1978 • 62 citations

Herpes simplex virus and moods: A longitudinal study

1976 • 62 citations

An investigation of the immune response of patients suffering from anorexia nervosa

1978 • 62 citations

The Effects of Bereavement and Grief on Physical Health and General Well-Being

2015 • 62 citations

Depression and cancer: a follow-up study

1979 • 61 citations

Effect of psychotropic agents upon the blastogenic response of human t-lymphocytes.

1977 • 59 citations

Differential early experiences and susceptibility to transplanted tumor in the rat.

1965 • 59 citations

Psychosocial factors, personality and lung cancer in men aged 55–64

1967 • 59 citations

Hematology and immunology studies: the second manned Skylab mission.

1976 • 58 citations

Immunoglobulins and Viral Antibodies in Psychiatric Patients

1978 • 58 citations

Immunoglobulin Studies in Patients With Psychiatric Diseases

1985 • 54 citations

Decreased resistance to intravenous tumour-cell challenge during reticuloendothelial depression following surgery1

1976 • 54 citations

CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA OR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER AND VIRUS-LIKE AGENT IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

1979 • 54 citations

Β-Endorphin Modulates Immune Functions

1984 • 53 citations

The Broken Heart: Reality or Myth?

1982 • 53 citations

Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory response patterns in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

1964 • 52 citations

Lymphocyte subpopulations and mitogenic responses of lymphocytes in manic-depressive disorders.

1982 • 47 citations

Are Autoimmune Diseases Immunologic Deficiency States?

1968 • 41 citations

Reversible granulocyte killing defect in anorexia nervosa.

1975 • 40 citations

Complement fixing antibody to herpes simplex virus in patients with psychotic depression.

1971 • 39 citations

A Search for Cytomegalovirus and Herpes Viral Antigen in Brains of Schizophrenic Patients

1984 • 39 citations

Stress, Distress and Disease

1976 • 39 citations

Immunosuppressive effects of predator induced stress in mice with acquired immunity to hymenolepis nana

1974 • 37 citations

Experimentally induced stress in man: Effects on blood coagulation and fibrinolysis

1977 • 34 citations

Psychosomatic factors in the etiology of neoplasms.

1977 • 33 citations

Enhancement of syngeneic murine tumour transplantability by whole body irradiation–a non-immunological phenomenon

1975 • 33 citations

Cancer morbidity in depressive persons

1978 • 32 citations

Psychosomatic factors in the etiology of neoplasms.

1977 • 32 citations

Effects of Stress on Growth of Transplanted and 7,12-Dimethylbenz[ a ]anthracene-Induced Tumors and Their Modification by Psychotropic Drugs 2

1974 • 32 citations

Blood Protein Fraction Comparisons of Normal and Schizophrenic Patients

1975 • 31 citations

Hypocomplementemia in anorexia nervosa

1975 • 31 citations

Psychosocial factors and breast cancer: a critical reevaluation of established hypotheses.

1981 • 31 citations

Neurochemical and immunologic components in schizophrenia

1979 • 31 citations

The influence of stress and stress hormones on the transplantability of a non-immunogenic syngeneic murine tumor

1977 • 30 citations

Immunological reaction of psychotic patients to fractions of gluten

1980 • 29 citations

Inhibition of Huggins Tumors by Forced Restraint

1976 • 28 citations

Immunologic reaction of psychotic patients to fractions of gluten

1979 • 28 citations

Cytomegalovirus and Schizophrenia

1985 • 27 citations

Shock Stress and DMBA-Induced Mammary Tumors

1972 • 27 citations

Behavioral-Physiological factors in the development and management of cancer

1982 • 26 citations

Immunologic studies in schizophrenic and control subjects.

1980 • 26 citations

Neurochemical and Immunologic Components in Schizophrenia

1979 • 25 citations

Brain, Behaviour and Bodily Disease

1981 • 25 citations

Search for Cytomegalovirus in Schizophrenic Brain Tissue

1981 • 25 citations

Anorexia Nervosa, Anterior-Pituitary Insufficiency, Simmonds' Cachexia, and Sheehan's Disease

1948 • 24 citations

Immunoglobulins, psychopathology and prognosis in schizophrenia

1977 • 22 citations

An Immunological Basis of Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders?

1980 • 19 citations

Antibody Response to Cholera Vaccine

1967 • 19 citations

Enkephalins-endorphins: Immunomodulators in mice

1982 • 18 citations

Psychological Variables and Human Cancer: A Cross-Validation Study

1959 • 17 citations

Cutaneous histamine response in schizophrenia.

1980 • 16 citations

Sleep and Temperature Regulation During Restraint Stress in Rats is Affected by Prior Maternal Separation

1979 • 15 citations

Psychological factors immunological function and bronchial asthma

1985 • 13 citations

Restraint-Induced Inhibition of 7,12-Dimethylbenz[<italic>a</italic>]anthracene-Induced Mammary Tumors: Relation to Stages of Tumor Development

1978 • 12 citations

Psychologic aspects of the management of primary and metastatic breast cancer.

1977 • 8 citations

Response of lymphocytes of patients with schizophrenia to phytomitogens concanavalin A and phytohemagglutinin

1977 • 6 citations