The relationship between mental and physical health: insights from the study of heart rate variability

AH Kemp, DS Quintana - International journal of Psychophysiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Here we review our recent body of work on the impact of mood and comorbid anxiety
disorders, alcohol dependence, and their treatments on heart rate variability (HRV), a …

Is low heart rate variability associated with emotional dysregulation, psychopathological dimensions, and prefrontal dysfunctions? An integrative view

LA Cattaneo, AC Franquillo, A Grecucci… - Journal of Personalized …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several studies have suggested a correlation between heart rate variability (HRV), emotion
regulation (ER), psychopathological conditions, and cognitive functions in the past two …

Heart and soul: heart rate variability and major depression

M Kidwell, BA Ellenbroek - Behavioural pharmacology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
There is a bidirectional relationship between affective disorders and cardiovascular
abnormalities, often described as a downward spiral, whereas major depressive disorders …

Heart rate variability: Can it serve as a marker of mental health resilience?: Special Section on “Translational and Neuroscience Studies in Affective Disorders” Section …

G Perna, A Riva, A Defillo, E Sangiorgio… - Journal of Affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Stress resilience influences mental well-being and vulnerability to psychiatric
disorders. Usually, measurement of resilience is based on subjective reports, susceptible to …

[HTML][HTML] Heart and brain interaction of psychiatric illness: a review focused on heart rate variability, cognitive function, and quantitative electroencephalography

W Jung, KI Jang, SH Lee - Clinical Psychopharmacology and …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects beat-to-beat variability in the heart rate due to the
dynamic interplay of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. HRV is …

Heart rate variability: a measure of cardiovascular health and possible therapeutic target in dysautonomic mental and neurological disorders

M Siepmann, K Weidner, K Petrowski… - Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Mental illness such as depression and anxiety as well as cerebrovascular disease are
linked to impairment of neurocardiac function mediated by changes to the autonomic …

Characteristics of heart rate variability in alcohol‐dependent subjects and nondependent chronic alcohol users

VM Karpyak, M Romanowicz… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Heart rate variability (HRV) is an objective and sensitive measure of integrated physiological
functioning reflective of heart rhythm responsivity to internal and external demands …

Depression, comorbid anxiety disorders, and heart rate variability in physically healthy, unmedicated patients: implications for cardiovascular risk

AH Kemp, DS Quintana, KL Felmingham, S Matthews… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Context There is evidence that heart rate variability (HRV) is reduced in major depressive
disorder (MDD), although there is debate about whether this effect is caused by medication …

Power spectral analysis of heart rate variability in psychiatry

H Cohen, MA Matar, Z Kaplan, M Kotler - Psychotherapy and …, 1999 - karger.com
Power spectrum analysis of heart rate variability (PSA of HRV) is a promising method, which
can be used as an index of cardiac autonomic balance. PSA of HRV is a noninvasive …

Heart rate variability and depressive symptoms: a cross-lagged analysis over a 10-year period in the Whitehall II study

VK Jandackova, A Britton, M Malik… - Psychological medicine, 2016 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPeople with depression tend to have lower heart rate variability (HRV), but the
temporal sequence is poorly understood. In a sample of the general population, we …