Clinical Trial: Mindfulness - Based Stress Reduction and the Relationship on Inflammation in Autoimmune Hepatitis

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Mindfulness - Based Stress Reduction and the Relationship on Inflammation in Autoimmune Hepatitis - A Human Pilot Study Protocol

Brief Summary: The study is a 'pilot study' to assess the effect of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention on patients with autoimmune liver disease specifically autoimmune hepatitis type I. MBSR is a standardized intervention that has shown benefit in addiction disorders and other psychiatric disorders. There has been no study evaluating or showing the benefit of the use of MBSR in autoimmune liver disease. With published data showing the evidence of an association of stress and relapse in autoimmune hepatitis, it is hypothesized that such an intervention such as MBSR may have therapeutic effect in patients with autoimmune liver disease.