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Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Medicine Audiology

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Benefits from one session of deep and slow breathing on vagal tone and anxiety in young and older adults

Valentin Magnon, Fréderic Dutheil, Guillaume T. Vallet
PubMed Summary & key facts 2021 124 citations

This clinical trial tested one session of deep and slow breathing (DSB) in 47 adults (22 older, 25 younger). After the single DSB session, high-frequency (HF) heart rate variability increased and self-reported state anxiety went down in both age groups. The rise in HF power was significantly larger in older…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Behavioral Health and Interventions Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
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