The Impact of a New Emotional Self-Management Program on Stress, Emotions, Heart Rate Variability, DHEA and Cortisol

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-170

  McCraty, Rollin ^a   Barrios Choplin, Bob ^b   Rozman, Deborah ^a   Atkinson, Mike ^a   Watkins, Alan D ^c  

^a Institute of HeartMath   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032038301     PISSN: 1053881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02688660     Document Type: Article

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