Jay A Levy

A randomized, controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction in HIV infection.

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity October 2018 Frederick M Hecht, Judith T. Moskowitz, Patricia J Moran et al.

Evidence links depression and stress to more rapid progression of HIV-1 disease. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to test whether an intervention aimed at improving stress management and emotion regulation, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), would improve immunological (i.e. CD4+ T-cell counts) and psychological outcomes in persons with HIV-1 infection. We randomly assigned...