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Heart rate variability (hrv) biofeedback training with young adult male patients in treatment for addiction
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Heart rate variability (hrv) biofeedback training with young adult male patients in treatment for addiction
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KIM
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HAKYUNG
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1981-
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HAKYUNG KIM
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Marsha
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Marsha Bates
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chair
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Paul
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Paul Lehrer
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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2014
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2014-10
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2014
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Persons in treatment for substance use disorders often experience stress and craving which are major precipitants of relapse. The present study examined the psychophysiological function of heart rate variability (HRV), its relation to clinical symptoms of stress and craving, and the feasibility of a brief HRV biofeedback (BFB) intervention as an addendum to a substance use disorder (SUD) treatment as usual. The HRV BFB training was implemented in a traditional 28-day SUD inpatient treatment program. Forty-eight young adult male patients received either treatment as usual plus three sessions of HRV BFB training over three weeks, or treatment as usual only. Participants receiving HRV BFB training were instructed to practice daily using a hand-held HRV BFB device. HRV BFB training was well tolerated by participants and supported by treatment staff. Overall, lower values for various HRV indices that suggest diminished neurocardiac adaptability were associated with reasons for drinking, higher craving, and higher levels of stress. Patients who received HRV BFB training in addition to treatment as usual demonstrated a greater, medium effect size reduction in alcohol and drug craving compared to those receiving treatment as usual only, although group differences did not reach statistical significance. In addition, HRV indices at baseline were significantly correlated with change in craving scores. Specifically, lower basal HRV was associated with less reduction in craving scores across groups. Higher respiration frequency indices in the last session were positively correlated with increased craving scores after discharge. Results suggest that HRV indices may be potential psychophysiological markers of decreased autonomic cardiac control and need for more intensive treatment, although replication and extension with larger samples is needed prior to reaching firm conclusions. Given that alcohol and drug craving often precipitates relapse, HRV BFB intervention merits further study as an adjunct treatment to ameliorate craving experienced by persons with substance use disorders.
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1 online resource (vii, 56 p. : ill.)
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by Hakyung Kim
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Clinical Psychology
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Heart beat
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Biofeedback
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Substance abuse--Treatment
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Kim
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Hakyung
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2014-08-26 23:05:55
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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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