Psychosocial interventions such as stress reduction techniques for chronically ill individuals are thought to affect the disease process via the immune system by

a. giving patients a reduced sense of control

b. helping patients effectively utilize HAART drug regimes.
c. changing patients' positive cognitions.
d. helping patients reduce depression, thus reducing cortisol.


d

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