title: Stopping the tsunami of stress in primary care.
abstract: This article provides an overview of the psychoneuroimmunologic impact of stress on illness along with a review of mind/body therapies to counteract the effects of stress. Primary care providers are encouraged to promote stress reduction and translate evidence into practice by recommending mind/body therapies.
authors.affiliation: Tamera Pearson is an associate professor and director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Western Carolina University School of Nursing, Cullowhee, N.C.
authors.forename: Tamera
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pearson
mesh_terms: D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D026441:Mind-Body Therapies / Q000451:nursing*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D059017:Primary Care Nursing; D011598:Psychoneuroimmunology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*