The Mind-Body Connection & HIV/AIDS
The Basics
- What is Mind Body Medicine?
From Mind/Body Medical Institute
- Eight Characteristics of Long-Term Survivors of HIV/AIDS: A Blog Entry by Terri Wilder (July 6, 2009)
Includes video interviews of long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS.
From Terri Wilder
- Mind/Body Medicine: An Alternative and Complementary Medicine Resource Guide (April 21, 2009)
From Alternative Medicine Foundation
- Backgrounder: Mind-Body Medicine -- An Overview (May 2007)
To read PDF, click here
From U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Mind-Body Medicine and HIV/AIDS (April 20, 2003)
To read PDF, click here
From PositiveWords
- A Winter Tour of Harlem (March 2003)
Dr. Mindy Fullilove explores how the "psychology of place" affects the health of the community.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- + Choices -- An Upward Spiral (Spring 1999)
In Notes From the Underground, from PWA Health Group
- Keys to Success for Living With a Serious Illness (December 1998)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- Rallying the Troops Inside Our Bodies (1997)
From American Psychological Association
- Characteristics of Long-Term Survivors (June 1996)
From Mind/Body Medical Institute
- Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV: Mind Body Connection & HIV (Summer 1995)
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Excerpt from The Immune Power Personality: 7 Traits You Can Develop to Stay Healthy (1995)
By Henry Dreher.
In The Immune Power Personality, from Penguin Books USA, Inc.
Meditation Techniques
News & Research
- Practice of Mindfulness Meditation Slows the Progression of HIV, Study Shows (July 24, 2008)
Reducing stress can bolster immune system in HIV-positive adults, others.
From University of California-Los Angeles
- Social Support Can Help Blunt Physical Health Symptoms in HIV-Infected People, Irrespective of Coping Style, Study Finds (September 30, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- "Shy" Study Suggests New Treatment Mechanism (December 26, 2003)
John James on the recent finding that HIV tends to progress more quickly in shy men.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Prospective Study of Emotional Reactions to Changes in HIV Viral Load (2003)
In AIDS Patient Care and STDs
- AIDS Cocktail: Medicine, Faith and Trust (March 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- There's More to Good Health Than Viral Load and T-Cell Count (November 2001)
Studies show that stress, poor diet and low exercise may help HIV flourish.
In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
- Long-Term Survivors of HIV/AIDS (May 1996)
In PWA Newsline
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