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Stress, coping, and hopeSusan Folkman
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Psychooncology 19:901-8. 2010..The essay describes ways in which coping fosters hope when it is at low ebb as well as ways in which hope fosters and sustains coping over the long term...
Caregiving time in sickle cell disease: psychological effects in maternal caregiversJudith Tedlie Moskowitz
Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 48:64-71. 2007..The purpose of this paper is to examine patterns of caregiving and the associated psychological impact on maternal caregivers of children with sickle cell disease (SCD)...
Coping effectiveness training for men living with HIV: results from a randomized clinical trial testing a group-based interventionMargaret A Chesney
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Psychosom Med 65:1038-46. 2003....
Socioeconomic differences in the effects of prayer on physical symptoms and quality of lifeRajni Banthia
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 1726, USA
J Health Psychol 12:249-60. 2007..However, the relationships became significant when education and, to a lesser degree, income were taken into account. Prayer was associated with fewer health symptoms and better quality of life among less educated caregivers...
Filming the family: a documentary film to educate clinicians about family caregivers of patients with brain tumorsMichael W Rabow
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Cancer Educ 25:242-6. 2010..009). A documentary film about family caregiving is an effective educational tool to increase awareness among neurosurgery/neuro-oncology clinicians about the importance and needs of family caregivers of patients with brain tumors...
Can meditation slow rate of cellular aging? Cognitive stress, mindfulness, and telomeresElissa Epel
University of California San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1172:34-53. 2009..Aspects of this model are currently being tested in ongoing trials of mindfulness meditation...
The case for positive emotions in the stress processSusan Folkman
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Anxiety Stress Coping 21:3-14. 2008..Including positive emotions in future studies will help address an imbalance between research and clinical practice due to decades of nearly exclusive concern with the negative emotions...
The economic burden of home care for children with HIV and other chronic illnessesLeslie S Wilson
University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California, Box 0613, Suite 420M, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1445-52. 2005....
Pediatric adherence: perspectives of mothers of children with HIVJudith Wrubel
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, Box 1726, San Francisco, CA 94143 1726, USA
Soc Sci Med 61:2423-33. 2005..We found that pediatric adherence often came at a cost to the caregiving mother's well-being...
Economic and psychologic costs for maternal caregivers of gastrostomy-dependent childrenMelvin B Heyman
Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, 94143 0136, USA
J Pediatr 145:511-6. 2004..To examine the economic and psychologic costs of care provided by maternal caregivers to children with gastrostomy tube (GT) feedings...
Coping: pitfalls and promiseSusan Folkman
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143 1726, USA
Annu Rev Psychol 55:745-74. 2004....
Couples therapy at end of lifeDavid C Mohr
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Psychooncology 12:620-7. 2003..While the size of the study precludes generalizing these findings to a larger population, this study supports further exploration of couples therapy as a potentially useful adjunct to end of life care...
Do positive psychological states shed light on recovery from bereavement? Findings from a 3-year longitudinal studyJudith Tedlie Moskowitz
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Death Stud 27:471-500. 2003....
