psychoneuroimmunology
/ˌsʌɪkə(ʊ)ˌnjʊərəʊˌɪmjʊˈnɒlədʒi
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
The study of the effect of the mind on health and resistance to disease.The centre offers nutritional therapy, psychoneuroimmunology (mind/body medicine), healing, massage, creative therapy, relaxation, visualisation and meditation....
- Early activated genes are of special interest because they mediate some of relationships between mind and body in psychoneuroimmunology.
- The fields of psycho-oncology and psychoneuroimmunology have established that cancer is a disease influenced by biological, psychological, and environmental factors.