Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrative
April 1, 2024
Lindsey Garfield, Natalie N Watson-Singleton, Herbert L Mathews et al.
Elevated perinatal depressive symptoms are more common among disadvantaged African American women, and they are almost four times as likely to have postpartum posttraumatic stress compared to white women. For new mothers, depressive symptoms and posttraumatic stress can lead to negative parenting, poor mother-infant bonding, and delayed infant development. For African American women, a...
Brain, behavior, and immunity
August 1, 2019
Linda Witek Janusek, Dina Tell, Herbert L Mathews
BACKGROUND Women newly diagnosed with breast cancer experience psychological distress, accompanied by reduced Natural Killer Cell Activity (NKCA) and altered levels of cytokines, which may compromise cancer control. Few studies have evaluated psycho-immune outcomes of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer in comparison to an active control...
Brain, behavior, and immunity
August 2008
Linda Witek-Janusek, Kevin Albuquerque, Karen Rambo Chroniak et al.
This investigation used a non-randomized controlled design to evaluate the effect and feasibility of a mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) program on immune function, quality of life (QOL), and coping in women recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Early stage breast cancer patients, who did not receive chemotherapy, self-selected into an 8-week MBSR program or into an assessment only,...
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)
October 2003
F Patrick Robinson, Herbert L Mathews, Linda Witek-Janusek
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a structured, 8-week, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program on perceived stress, mood, endocrine function, immunity, and functional health outcomes in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study used a quasiexperimental, nonrandomized design. Subjects were specifically recruited (nonrandom) for...