Reductions in salivary cortisol are associated with mood improvement during relaxation training among HIV-seropositive men

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-122

  Cruess, Dean G ^a   Antoni, Michael H ^a,b   Kumar, Mahendra ^a,b   Schneiderman, Neil ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Mood; Relaxation; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; RELAXATION TRAINING; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SALIVA; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034029221     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005419917023     Document Type: Article

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