Investigating the effect of mindfulness training on heart rate variability in mental health outpatients: A pilot study

Behaviour Change

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 175-188

  Wheeler, Alexis ^a   Denson, Linley ^a   Neil, Chris ^b   Tucker, Graeme ^b,c   Kenny, Maura ^d   Beltrame, John F ^b   Schrader, Geoffrey ^a   Proeve, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Department of Health ^*  (Australia)

^d Centre for Treatment of Anxiety and Depression   (Australia)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; heart rate variability; mindfulness; psychiatric; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH OUTPATIENT; MENTAL PATIENT; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PANIC; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MOOD DISORDER; STUDY DESIGN;

EID: 84906278847     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: 20497768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/bec.2014.14     Document Type: Article

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