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Psychology Essay: The psychological and physical effects of stress on the immune system. Over the recent years there have been researched studies in the psychological effects of stress on the immune system. In this paper I will discuss what stress is, what the immune system is and I will discuss various studies which have linked stress to physical illness. There is already supported evidence that stress is linked to physical illness, i.e. psychosomatic illness. These are things such as hypertension, asthma. Eczema and cardiac disease. 'Psyche' means the mind and 'soma' refers to the body. 'Psychosomatic' is a word used for the influence of the mind over the body. The immune system is an immensely complicated network of cells and chemicals throughout the body that functions to seek out invading particles. The term stress cannot be defined to one thing, as stress for some people is different for other people. Attitudes towards stress, and...

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