Hip
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Once the immune dysfunction might in fact have somehow been triggered by inappropriate cortisol secretion (or its synthetic drug equivalents), together with presumed infectious and/or genetic factors, I seriously doubt that any sort of psychological de-stressing therapy is going to be helpful - no more than it is in multiple sclerosis or lupus, etc.
I just had a quick Google check, and surprisingly, a four-year MS study found stress does play a role in the progression of MS, with MS patients receiving stress management therapy showing fewer new brain lesions on MRI scans.
Interestingly, the study made a distinction between negative stress events like bereavement, and positive stress events like the birth of a child, a wedding, or landing a new job; it was only the negative stress events than increased new brain lesions; the positive stress events actually reduced new brain lesions.
However, according to one study, stress is not a factor in triggering multiple sclerosis (though earlier studies found contrary results).