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Heart rate variability biofeedback in the treatment of major depression
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Heart rate variability biofeedback in the treatment of major depression
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Breach
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Nasya Brenda
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1981-
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Nasya Breach
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Katsamanis
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Maria
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Maria Katsamanis
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Donald
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Donald Morgan
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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ETD doctoral
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2012
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2012-10
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2012
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eng
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Clinical Psychology
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Heart beat
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Depression, Mental
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001800001.ETD.000066497
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doi:10.7282/T3J96549
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viii, 114 p. : ill.
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Psy.D.
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by Nasya Brenda Breach
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Major depressive disorder is the most common mood disorder and is one of the most burdensome and disabling diseases in the world. Prevailing approaches to treating depression have a number of significant limitations and drawbacks. Consequently, alternative and adjunctive treatments for depression are being increasingly explored. The role of autonomic nervous system functioning in the etiology of depression has been examined, and depression has been found to be associated with sympathetic predominance and parasympathetic impairment. This decreased parasympathetic modulation has been attributed to impaired activity of the vagus nerve, as indexed by attenuated heart rate variability (HRV) at the respiratory frequency. Areas of the brain that areinvolved in emotion regulation influence vagus nerve functioning. HRV biofeedback has been shown to be a modality through which individuals can learn to increase the amplitude of their HRV oscillations by breathing at specific rates. Through HRV biofeedback, the vagus nerve is thought to be stimulated in such a way that promotes autonomic balance and improved emotion regulation. Previous research suggests that HRV biofeedback may significantly reduce depression symptoms. The current study was a preliminary efficacy, randomized controlled trial that intended to follow-up an open label pilot study previously conducted by this lab, which found HRV biofeedback to be effective at significantly reducing depressive symptoms. The primary goal was to evaluate the efficacy of a HRV biofeedback protocol by comparing it to a sham control protocol with similar demand characteristics. The study also sought to evaluate the feasibility, tolerability and effectiveness of this placebo. Eleven participants were recruited from the UMDNJ-University Behavioral Health Care population and surrounding communities, and were randomized to a treatment group, receiving ten weeks of HRV biofeedback training and home practice, or a control group, receiving ten weeks of sham respiratory biofeedback training and home practice. Primary outcome measures were the HAMD and the BDI-II—assessed at baseline, week four, week seven, and week ten. Results indicated no significant differences in depression symptom improvement between groups, although significant main effects for time were observed for both groups (p<.05). Results did, however, support the utility, feasibility, and tolerability of the credible sham respiratory control protocol.
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Breach
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Nasya
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2012-10-09 10:21:58
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Nasya Breach
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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