Meditation-Based Stress Reduction in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Exclusion Criteria

• •Major psychiatric illness (bipolar disorder, multiple personality disorder, etc.);
• •Active alcoholism or drug dependency;
• •Scheduled for major surgery during the study period;
• •Enrolled in randomized clinical trial for rheumatoid arthritis during the study period;
• •Planning to move out of the area in the next 12 months;
• •Unwilling to be enrolled in a control group;
• •Use of assistive device other than a cane;
• •Serious health condition(s) that the investigator determines would make it difficult to complete the 6 month study;
• •Diagnosis of fibromyalgia.