Effectiveness

Clinical studies of the Stress Reduction Program have shown benefits in the following conditions:

• Difficulty coping effectively with short and long-term stressful situations
• chronic illness or chronic pain
• depression, grief, or anxiety
• hypertension or heart disease
• irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis
• cancer
• diabetes, asthma, or other respiratory disorders
• sleep disturbances
• psoriasis

References are available at www.umassmed.edu/cfm/research