Stéphanie Hahusseau1, Bruno Baracat2, Thierry Lebey3, Lionel Laudebat3, Zarel Valdez3, Arnaud Delorme4,5,6,7. 1. Cabinet Médical de Stéphanie Hahusseau, Paris, France. 2. EA SCoTE, IU JF Champollion, Albi, France. 3. LAPLACE, Federal University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France. 4. CERCO, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France. 5. Centre de rechercher Cerveau et Cognition, CNRS, Toulouse, France. 6. Institute of Neural Computation, University of California San Diego, Santa Diego, CA, USA. 7. Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA, USA.
Abstract
Background: Psychiatric patients with adverse childhood experiences (ACE) tend to have dysfunctions in the interoceptive part of their emotional experience. The integration of interoceptive emotional activity in the insular and cingulate cortices is linked to the regulation of sympathovagal balance. This makes heart rate variability (HRV) an ideal measure for providing feedback on emotion regulation in real-time. Methods: A sample of one hundred (n=100) outpatients was evaluated. Participants underwent eight 30-minutes ACE exposure sessions during which patients were guided to experience bodily sensations related to ACE while their HRV was monitored using a commercial biofeedback device. Results: Comparing the results of the first to last therapeutic session, a significant decrease in heart rate and an increase in HRV at the onset of the session were observed. Conclusions: This study suggests a physiological impact of therapeutic interventions on autonomic balance and underlines the interest in HRV biofeedback as clinical practice. Copyright:
Background: Psychiatric patients with adverse childhood experiences (ACE) tend to have dysfunctions in the interoceptive part of their emotional experience. The integration of interoceptive emotional activity in the insular and cingulate cortices is linked to the regulation of sympathovagal balance. This makes heart rate variability (HRV) an ideal measure for providing feedback on emotion regulation in real-time. Methods: A sample of one hundred (n=100) outpatients was evaluated. Participants underwent eight 30-minutes ACE exposure sessions during which patients were guided to experience bodily sensations related to ACE while their HRV was monitored using a commercial biofeedback device. Results: Comparing the results of the first to last therapeutic session, a significant decrease in heart rate and an increase in HRV at the onset of the session were observed. Conclusions: This study suggests a physiological impact of therapeutic interventions on autonomic balance and underlines the interest in HRV biofeedback as clinical practice. Copyright:
Authors: Peter J Gianaros; Lei K Sheu; Karen A Matthews; J Richard Jennings; Stephen B Manuck; Ahmad R Hariri Journal: J Neurosci Date: 2008-01-23 Impact factor: 6.167