Cancer diagnosis and treatment constitute profoundly stressful experiences involving
unique and common challenges that generate uncertainty, fear, and emotional distress …

Narrative forms of communication—including entertainment education, journalism, literature,
testimonials, and storytelling—are emerging as important tools for cancer prevention and …

Importance Recent estimates suggest that more than 50% of all deaths worldwide are
currently attributable to inflammation-related diseases. Psychosocial interventions may …

The range of psychosocial stress factors/processes (eg, chronic stress, distress states,
co**, social adversity) were reviewed as they relate to immune variables in cancer along …

Epidemiological studies indicate that stress, chronic depression and lack of social support
might serve as risk factors for cancer development and progression. Recent cellular and …

The stress-reductive effect of mindfulness practice is well-established, yet less is known
about the cognitive mechanisms underlying this salutary outcome. We conducted a …

Narratives can be an effective means of communicating cancer‐related information.
Transportation into narrative worlds, or immersion into a story, is a primary mechanism of …

This Review discusses physiological, emotional, behavioural, and cognitive aspects of
psychological adjustment to chronic illness. Reviewing the reports of the past decade, we …

Introduction Chronic diseases have assumed an increasingly important role in public health
research and intervention. Without treatment, depressive disorders characteristically assume …

The phenomenon of posttraumatic growth—the transformative positive change that can
occur as a result of a struggle with great adversity—has been a focus of interest for …