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- Title
RESEARCH ARTICLE: Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback in the Treatment of Depression.
- Authors
Kopka, Marcin
- Abstract
Several interventions used in treatment of depressive symptoms can enhance cardiovascular risk due to negative impacts on autonomic balance. Decreased vagal tone and/or excessive sympathetic nervous system activity have been noted in patients with depression. Heart rate variability biofeedback (HRV BFB) training may be able to reduce the cardiovascular risk for depressed patients by increasing the parasympathetic input to the heart. The results of published studies support that HRV BFB may be useful as an adjunctive treatment for patients with depression.
- Subjects
ANTIDEPRESSANTS; ONLINE information services; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; CARDIAC surgery; SYSTEMATIC reviews; BIOFEEDBACK training; HEART beat; MENTAL depression; EXERCISE; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CENTER for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; AUTONOMIC drugs; MEDLINE; SYMPATHETIC nervous system; PSYCHOTHERAPY; COGNITIVE therapy; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Biofeedback, 2023, Vol 51, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1081-5937
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5298/1081-5937-51.01.01