September 2020

Chronic Stress and its Consequences for the Immune System

What is stress? “Stress is defined as a process in which environmental demands strain an organism’s adaptive capacity resulting in both psychological demands as well as biological changes that could place it at risk for illness”. (Cohen Kessler, & Gordon, 1995) There are many different theories about stress and about how and why stress affects …

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