Changes in the cortisol awakening response (CAR) following participation in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in women who completed treatment for breast cancer

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-70

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Cortisol; Mindfulness based stress reduction; Relaxation; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECRETION; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS, METAPHYSICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79953075682     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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