Romanian contribution to stress research

This review outlines in brief the research performed in Romania on several directions of the stress topics, as follows: historical background, theoretical developments and critical approaches to Selye's theory, experimental research, methodological aspects, occupational stress, stress and immunity, clinical studies, including studies on post-traumatic stress disorder. Five books on stress published by Romanian authors are mentioned and the importance of a psychoneuro-endocrinological insight is underlined.