TY  - JOUR
T1  - SYmptom reduction after writing about stressful experiences
AU  - Gandhi N, Tosiello L
Y1  - 1999/11/17
N1  - 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-282-19-jbk1117
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1811
EP  - 1812
VL  - 282
IS  - 19
N2  - 
To the Editor: Dr Smyth and colleagues1 present data from 126 patients with asthma and
rheumatoid arthritis who were randomized to either writing about the most
stressful event of their lives or about emotionally neutral topics. They concluded
that writing about stressful experiences caused clinically relevant improvement
in disease status in patients with mild to moderate asthma or rheumatoid arthritis.
We believe that these results, although provocative, provide insufficient
evidence that writing about stressful life experiences brings about clinically
meaningful symptom reduction in patients with these diseases. We have the
following concerns with the study's methods.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-282-19-jbk1117
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-282-19-jbk1117
ER  -