Pilot study employing heart rate variability biofeedback training to decrease anxiety in patients with eating disorders

Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Scolnick, Barbara ^a   Mostofsky, David I ^a   Keane, Robert J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clinical Operations Walden Behavioral Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; BREATHING PATTERN; BULIMIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941146507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20502974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-2974-2-17     Document Type: Letter

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