Heart rate variability in depressive and anxiety disorders

Increased Heart Rate Variability in Allergic and Highly Trait Anxious Individuals

“…This is even more apparent in anxiety disorders [23] and major depressive disorder [24,25]. Therefore, there are strong discrepancies between HRV findings in highly anxious and allergic people, although important links between both groups were described.…”

Informative Psychometric Filters

“…The findings of Gorman & Sloan (2000) on the importance of heart rate variability have already been mentioned and it is important to note that such variability itself is complex and has sources that are usually confounded without appropriate statistical analyses (Chon, Zhong, Wang, Ju and Jan, 2006. But the question remains, what measures of variability in time series are most relevant ? Tucker, Adamson & Mirander (1997) use power spectral analysis.…”

“…At the same time, it is known that cardiac dynamics are intrinsically difficult to model, partly due to their lability and complexity, and contradictory explanations have been advanced for rhythm generation (Dunin-Barkowski, Escobar, Lovering & Orem, 2003). Gorman and Sloan (2000) review a number of studies in which it is shown that, under non-panic conditions, patients with panic disorders appear to have diminished heart rate variability. In turn, diminished variability is a precursor of myocardial infarction, in short, a good predictor of death, and self-report of panic attacks and higher anxiety can be associated both with lower levels of heart rate variability and increased risk of fatal coronary heart disease (Kawachi, Sparrow & Vokonas, 1994).…”

A 6-weeks Treatment Program Improves HRV in Eating Disorder Patients

“…The findings of several studies suggested that psychological disease such as anxiety, major depression, phobias, panic disorders and schizophrenia are associated with altered HRV and increased risk of cardiovascular disease [37][38][39][40]. In addition various cardiovascular drugs have effects on HRV [12].…”