Cortisol as a marker for improvement in mindfulness-based stress reduction

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Matousek, Rose H ^a   Dobkin, Patricia L ^a   Pruessner, Jens ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; MBSR; Meditation; Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); RELAXATION THERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 72949104128     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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