TY  - JOUR
AU  - Penberthy, Jennifer Morgan
AU  - Avitabile, Nina
AU  - Le, Ngan
AU  - Xu, Yiqin
AU  - Mainor, Seara
AU  - Schiavone, Natalie
AU  - Katzenstein, Paul
AU  - Lewis, Janet
AU  - Chhabra, Dinesh
AU  - Penberthy, Jennifer Kim
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/12/28
TI  - Mindfulness Based Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases and Related Symptoms
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 039
VL  - 03
IS  - 04
AB  - Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that is characterized by symptoms including chronic fatigue, joint pain, swelling, skin rashes, pain, and anemia. Symptoms can flare or be in remission unpredictably, often affect multiple organ systems, and can be life-threatening. SLE is more prevalent in females and persons of color, but is not a widely prevalent disease. Perhaps because of this fact, there have been minimal advances in effective new behavioral or psychotherapeutic interventions for people living with SLE in the past two decades. Contextual psychotherapies, such as Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, have demonstrated effectiveness in a wide range of patient populations, including patients with cancer and those suffering from autoimmune disorders.  There have also been preliminary positive findings in patients with SLE.  In this manuscript, we review current  literature regarding the use and efficacy of  contemplative based interventions for patients living with SLE and discuss how such information could inform an intervention to positively impact psychological symptoms, physiological symptoms, and disease markers in patients with SLE.  We propose the need for future research and suggest areas of specific research development and implementation.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.1804039
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.1804039
ID  - Penberthy2018
ER  -