Stress is not an inherently bad thing, however if you have MS, you
know that it can have negative effects. For years, the connection
between stress and MS has been accepted by neurologists,
neuropsychologists, and patients alike. I agree that acute stress seems
to aggravate my MS symptoms.
Saturday morning, I attended an MS Women’s Breakfast sponsored by the
local chapter of the National MS Society. The guest speaker was Mary
Elizabeth Quig, Ph.D., clinical neuropsychologist at Georgetown
University MS Center and founding partner at Neuropsychology Associates
of Fairfax. The title of her presentation was “Dames who Reframe.”
Dr. Quig began her presentation discussing neuropsychology, stress, and psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). Psychoneuroimmunology
takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the interaction
between mental processes, the nervous system, and the immune system. It offers a scientific study of the Mind-Body connection.
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Stress and MS: The Mind-Body Connection
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