Stress management interventions for HIV-infected individuals: Review of recent intervention approaches and directions for future research

Neurobehavioral HIV Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-106

  Brown, Jennifer L ^a,b   Vanable, Peter A ^c  

^a Sciences and Health Education ^*  (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cognitive behavioral stress management; Coping; HIV; HIV infected; HIV positive; Review; Stress; Stress management intervention

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS PATIENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84859147089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NBHIV.S17829     Document Type: Review

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