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The effect of expressive writing on wound healing: Immunohistochemistry analysis of skin tissue two weeks after punch biopsy wounding (2022)
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Robinson, H., Jarrett, P., Vedhara, K., Tarlton, J., Whiting, C., Law, M., & Broadbent, E. (2022). The effect of expressive writing on wound healing: Immunohistochemistry analysis of skin tissue two weeks after punch biopsy wounding. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 161, Article 110987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110987

Objective: To investigate the effects of expressive writing and its timing (pre or post wounding) on re-epithelialisation and leucocyte subsets within healing tissue. We previously showed expressive writing pre-wounding improved re-epithelialisation.... Read More about The effect of expressive writing on wound healing: Immunohistochemistry analysis of skin tissue two weeks after punch biopsy wounding.

The effects of expressive writing before or after punch biopsy on wound healing (2016)
Journal Article
Robinson, H., Jarrett, P., Vedhara, K., & Broadbent, E. (2017). The effects of expressive writing before or after punch biopsy on wound healing. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 61, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.11.025

Objective: Recent studies have shown that written emotional disclosure (expressive writing) performed in the two weeks prior to wounding improves healing of punch biopsy wounds. In many clinical settings, it would be more practical for patients to pe... Read More about The effects of expressive writing before or after punch biopsy on wound healing.