A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction to manage affective symptoms and improve quality of life in gay men living with HIV

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-285

  Gayner, Bill ^a,b   Esplen, Mary Jane ^c   De Roche, Peter ^a,d   Wong, Jiahui ^e   Bishop, Scott ^b,f   Kavanagh, Lynn ^d   Butler, Kate ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e De Souza Institute   (Canada)

^f Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mindfulness Randomized trial Group interventions HIV Gay men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863781369     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9350-8     Document Type: Article

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