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Psychoneuroimmunology in Patients with HIV in Recovery from Substance Use

This study used a biofeedback intervention that taught patients how to synchronize their heart rhythm with their respiration and their alpha brain waves in order to lower their levels of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activation. In essence, subjects learned how to create more integration between their physical and psychological selves while gaining increased control over…

Where Published: Dissertation, Master of Social Work, California State University, Northridge, 2016.

Authors: Sam Pow

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