Heart rate and heart rate variability in panic, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and generalized anxiety disorders at baseline and in response to relaxation and hyperventilation

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-27

  Pittig, Andre ^a,b   Arch, Joanna J ^c   Lam, Chi W R ^b   Craske, Michelle G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; RELAXATION TRAINING; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RELAXATION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873266777     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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