Posts by Christina M Luberto, PhD
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Videoconference-resiliency Intervention Successfully Targets Health-related Anxiety in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
Mass General researchers developed a mind-body intervention to improve resiliency in patients with chronic medical conditions that can be delivered via synchronous group videoconferencing. The intervention was successful in targeting health-related anxiety in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD).
Biography
Christina Luberto, PhD, is a clinical health psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (MGH/HMS) and a term lecturer in the Mind Body Health and Healing Certificate program within the School of Nursing at MGH Institute of Health Professions. Dr. Luberto earned her PhD at the University of Cincinnati and completed her clinical internship in Behavioral Medicine and a research fellowship in Integrative Medicine (NCCIH T32) at MGH/HMS. Her research and clinical work focus on integrating meditation training with cognitive-behavioral therapy to treat emotional and behavioral problems, and increase pro-social outcomes, particularly among people with chronic medical conditions. She is especially interested in electronic health approaches to delivering mindfulness interventions.
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