Heart rate variability predicts alcohol craving in alcohol dependent outpatients: Further evidence for HRV as a psychophysiological marker of self-regulation

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 395-398

  Quintana, Daniel S ^a   Guastella, Adam J ^a   McGregor, Iain S ^a   Hickie, Ian B ^a   Kemp, Andrew H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Craving; Heart rate variability; Obsessive compulsive drinking scale

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOL; CRAVING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DRINKING SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881666011     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.02.025     Document Type: Article

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