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Influence of a Mindfulness Meditation-Based Stress Reduction Intervention on Rates of Skin Clearing in Patients With Moderate to Severe Psoriasis Undergoing Photo Therapy (UVB) and Photochemotherapy (PUVA)

Psychosomatic Medicine · 1998 · Vol. 60(5) · pp. 625–632

Jon Kabat‐Zinn✉(University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School)Elizabeth V. Wheeler(University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School)Timothy Light(University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School)Anne Skillings(University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School)Mark J. Scharf(University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School)Thomas G. Cropley(University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School)David W. Hosmer(University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School)Jeffrey D. Bernhard(University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School)

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Abstract

A brief mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction intervention delivered by audiotape during ultraviolet light therapy can increase the rate of resolution of psoriatic lesions in patients with psoriasis.

Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Olfactory and Sensory Function StudiesPsoriasisMindfulnessMedicineMeditationPUVA therapyDermatologyPlaceboClinical psychologyAlternative medicine

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AdultCognitionFemaleFicusinHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhototherapyPsoriasisPUVA TherapySeverity of Illness IndexStress, PsychologicalTime FactorsTreatment OutcomePhotosensitizing Agents

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