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Biological psychology and treatment research

The research area is focused on sleep and recovery associated with stress. The main idea is that stress/load gives long-term effects only when recovery is disturbed.

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Epidemiology

The research area focuses on improved understanding of how stress-related illnesses and health problems arise and can be prevented in and outside of the workplace.

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Psychoneuroimmunology

The research area confirms the importance of behavior for communication between the brain and the immune system, for example, how stress affects the immune system.

Contact

The division for Biological psychology and treatment research
Tobjörn Åkerstedt
Phone: +46 (0)8 553 789 47
torbjorn.akerstedt@stressforskning.su.se

The division for Epidemiology
Hugo Westerlund
Phone: +46 (0)8 553 789 46
hugo.westerlund@stressforskning.su.se

The division for Psychoneuroimmunology
Mats Lekander
Phone: +46 (0)8 553 789 33
mats.lekander@stressforskning.su.se

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