Preliminary results of an open label study of heart rate variability biofeedback for the treatment of major depression

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-30

  Karavidas, Maria Katsamanis ^a   Lehrer, Paul M ^a   Vaschillo, Evgeny ^a   Vaschillo, Bronya ^a   Marin, Humberto ^a   Buyske, Steven ^b   Malinovsky, Igor ^a   Radvanski, Diane ^a   Hassett, Afton ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Breathing; Depression; Heart rate variability; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BREATHING EXERCISE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON SCALE; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 33947707371     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-006-9029-z     Document Type: Article

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