Physiological correlates of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 622-634

  Elofsson, Ulf O E ^a   von Schèele, Bo ^b   Theorell, Töres ^a   Söndergaard, Hans Peter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Psychophysiological Behavioral Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomic physiology; Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; Heart rate variability; Orienting response; Post traumatic stress disorder; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PULSE OXIMETRY; REM SLEEP; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEAR; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; OXYGEN; REFUGEES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41549099080     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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