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EPA-1370 – Stress and Immunity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

H. Fontes ,
A. Furet ,
C. Araújo  and
R. Silva
H. Fontes
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital do Divino Espirito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
A. Furet
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
C. Araújo
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry Service of Hospital Pediátrico Carmona Mota, Coimbra, Portugal
R. Silva
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Unidade Local de Saúde da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal

Abstract

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Introduction

The existence of a close relationship between the brain and the immune system has been demonstrated based on the results of several studies. Specific autonomic, neuroendocrine and neuropeptides mediators form the biological basis of this interrelationship, as has been demonstrated. The aim of this study is to review and systematize the current scientific knowledge related to the integration of these two systems, and it's clinical correlation.

Material and Methods

Review of the literature that addresses the theme

Results

Studies in humans have shown that stress and low immunity have a close connection. Works continuously prove this relationship.

Discussion and Conclusion

Recently, the view that the interaction between the brain and the immune system is bidirectional has been preferred to that in which the direction of communication is exclusively from the brain to the immune system.

Type
P25 - Psychoneuroimmunology
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 29 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 22nd European Congress of Psychiatry , 2014 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2014
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