GovIT Government IT Business & Procurement » Research http://it.govcontractsmagazine.com Government IT Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:51:44 +0000 en hourly 1 Cardiac Coherence and PTSD in Combat Veterans http://it.govcontractsmagazine.com/index.php/cardiac-coherence-and-ptsd-in-combat-veterans http://it.govcontractsmagazine.com/index.php/cardiac-coherence-and-ptsd-in-combat-veterans#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:01:51 +0000 Ali Cheung http://it.govcontractsmagazine.com/?p=981 The need for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among combat veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq is a growing concern. PTSD has been associated with reduced cardiac coherence (an indicator of heart rate variability [HRV]) and deficits in early stage information processing (attention and immediate memory) in different studies. However, the co-occurrence of reduced coherence and cognition in combat veterans with PTSD has not been studied before.

A pilot study was conducted at a VA Medical Center outpatient mental health clinic to assess the covariance of coherence and information processing in combat veterans. An additional study goal was assessment of effects of HRV biofeedback (HRVB) on coherence and information processing in these veterans.

Click here to download this study to learn more about cardiac coherence, an index of strength of control of parasympathetic cardiac deceleration in an individual that has cardinal importance for the individual’s attention and affect regulation.

Cardiac Coherence and PTSD in Combat Veterans
by Jay P. Ginsberg, Ph.D., Melanie E. Berry, M.S. & Donald A. Powell, Ph.D.
Alternatives Therapies in Health and Medicine, A Peer-Reviewed Journal, 2010; 16 (4): 52-60

Jay P. Ginsberg, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist in the Dorn VA Medical Center (VAMC) OEF-IF program and a research health scientist in the Shirley L. Buchanan Neuroscience Laboratory, also at the Dorn VAMC.

Melanie E. Berry, M.S., is certified in heart rate variability, electroencephalogram, and electromyography biofeedback by the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America and has additional professional certifications in the HeartMath Intervention Program for Health Professionals, Stress Management, and Pain Management.

Donald A. Powell, Ph.D., is a retired research career scientist with the Dorn VAMC, where he was a researcher and author.

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