[In this Issue] Article Summaries for July-August 2013 Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol. 75, Issue 6: http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/content/75/6.toc 4 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am

[Editorial Comment] Serotonin Transporter Gene: Will Epigenetics Prove Less Depressing Than Genetics? 4 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am

The serotonin transporter gene has been hypothesized to influence, possibly in interaction with environmental factors, the vulnerability for depression. So far, genetic studies have tested the associa...

[Original Articles] Association Between Promoter Methylation of Serotonin Transporter Gene and Depressive Symptoms: A Monozygotic Twin Study 4 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am

Objective Epigenetic mechanisms have been implicated in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders. The serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) is a key candidate gene for depression. We examined the asso...

[Original Articles] Anxiety and Adverse Coronary Artery Disease Outcomes in Chinese Patients 4 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am

Objectives To investigate the impact of anxiety on the prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients of Chinese Han ethnicity and to explore the correlation between anxiety and the severity ...

[Original Articles] Association of Anxiety With Resistance Vessel Dysfunction in Human Atherosclerosis 4 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am

Objective Anxiety predicts cardiovascular events, although the mechanism remains unclear. We hypothesized that anxiety symptoms will correlate with impaired resistance and conduit vessel function in ...

[Special Series on Neuroscience in Health and Disease] An Empirical Review of the Neural Underpinnings of Receiving and Giving Social Support: Implica... 4 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am

Decades of research have demonstrated strong links between social ties and health. Although considerable evidence has shown that social support can attenuate downstream physiological stress responses ...

[Original Articles] Family Adversity and Autonomic Reactivity Association With Immune Changes in HIV-Affected School Children 4 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am

Objective To explore whether primary school entry is associated with changes in immune system parameters in HIV-affected children. HIV-affected children are vulnerable to psychosocial stressors, rega...

[Original Articles] Varieties of Anger and the Inverse Link Between Education and Inflammation: Toward an Integrative Framework 4 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am

Objective To examine multiple aspects of anger experience and expression (frequency, outward expression, suppression, and control) as moderators of the association of social inequality, as measured b...

[Review Article] Effects of Exercise Training on Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: A Meta-Analysis 4 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am

Objective To provide a quantitative synthesis of randomized controlled trials examining the effect of exercise training on symptomatic fatigue in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods Elect...

[Review Article] Expressive Writing and Wound Healing in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial 4 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am

Objective To investigate whether expressive writing could speed wound reepithelialization in healthy, older adults. Methods In this randomized controlled trial, 49 healthy older adults aged 64 to 9...