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Stress Management, Depression, and Immune Status in Lower‐Income Racial/Ethnic Minority Women Co‐infected with HIV and HPV
The stress of co‐infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human papillomavirus (HPV), in race/ethnic minority women, may increase depression and immune decrements. Compromised immunity in HIV+ HPV+ women may increase the odds of cervical dysplasia. Thus, we tested the efficacy of a 10‐week cognitive behavioral stress management (CBSM) group intervention and hypothesized that CBSM would decrease depression and improve immune status (CD4+ T‐cells, natural killer [NK] cells). HIV+ HPV+ women (n = 71) completed the Beck Depression Inventory and provided blood samples, were randomized to CBSM or a control...
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - March 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Corina R. Lopez, Michael H. Antoni, Julia Seay, Jonelle Potter, MaryJo O'Sullivan, Mary Ann Fletcher, Deirdre Pereira, Nicole Whitehead Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Health Care Utilization After Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Treatment: Part II. Preliminary Examination of Mediating and Moderating Factors in the Use of Costly Health Care Procedures
This study was undertaken to identify relevant factors that contribute to reliance on costly medical procedures for pain relief among military service members with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Numerous psychosocial, physical, and demographic variables assessed as part of the FORT study were analyzed with AHLTA procedure data. This preliminary analysis revealed that service members without children (55%) were significantly more likely to seek medical procedures for pain compared to those with children (16%). Those who sought medical procedures for pain demonstrated significantly higher levels of work‐related fear avoidan...
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - March 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Donald D. McGeary, Alan L. Peterson, Todd Seech, Cindy A. McGeary, Robert J. Gatchel, Catherine Vriend Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Delivering Smoking Cessation Support by Mobile Phone Text Message: What Information do Smokers Want? A Focus Group Study
We examined smokers' attitudes toward text messaging as a tool to facilitate smoking cessation as well as preferences for message content and text delivery. Six focus groups were conducted from a total of 24 participants, with additional information obtained via paper questionnaire. Interaction with the text messaging system, tailoring message content and delivery, highlighting the positive effects of quitting, and offering encouragement by text were considered important features of a text support program. Future text messaging interventions may benefit from these findings. (Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research)
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - March 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: James Jamison, Felix Naughton, Hazel Gilbert, Stephen Sutton Tags: Original Article Source Type: research