ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology2019
Theoretical implications and clinical support for heart rate variability biofeedback for substance use disorders.
Review in Current opinion in psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Development and Pilot Investigation of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Smoking Cessation
A Photoplethysmography Sensor-based Personalized Feedback Intervention for Heavy-drinking Young Adults Targeting Heart Rate Variability, Resting Heart Rate, and Sleep
Open Trial of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Smoking Cessation Treatment
Teaching Youth & Families Self-Regulation Skills to Disrupt the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences: Preventing Substance Use in Adversity- Impacted Youth
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Methods for Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRVB): A Systematic Review and Guidelines.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2023Pooled it
- Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Substance Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA psychiatry · 2025Trial
- A Pilot Randomized Control Study on Effect Brief Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback as a Complementary Treatment in Men with Methamphetamine Use Disorder.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Effects of arousal modulation via resonance breathing on craving and affect in women with substance use disorder.Addictive behaviors · 2022Trial
- Functional Connectivity Within the Central Autonomic Network Increases During Resonance Paced Breathing at 0.1 Hz.Psychophysiology · 2026Article
- Tracking the longitudinal course of physiologic and mental health functioning among individuals in substance use disorder treatment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Novel neurotherapeutic targets for substance use disorders: Neuroplasticity, neuroinflammation, gasotransmitters and non-canonical organ systems.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025Review
- Changes in heart rate variability during an eHealth behavior change intervention program in patients with cardiovascular disease.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2024Article
- Time Since Last Drink is Positively Associated with Heart Rate Variability in Outpatients with Alcohol Use Disorder: Further Evidence of Psychophysiological Recovery in Early Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2023Article
- In natura heart rate variability predicts subsequent alcohol use in individuals in early recovery from alcohol use disorder.Addiction biology · 2023Article
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- Editorial: Integrated cardiovascular and neural system processes as potential mechanisms of behavior change.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Substance Use Disorder: Health Policy Implications.Policy insights from the behavioral and brain sciences · 2022Article
- The Effect of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training on Vagal Tone in Athletically Talented Secondary School Students.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Heart Rate Variability Monitoring during a Padel Match.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- SUBSTANCE USE AND ADDICTION AFFECT MORE THAN THE BRAIN: THE PROMISE OF NEUROCARDIAC INTERVENTIONS.Current addiction reports · 2021Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback is an accessible, cost-effective intervention that has demonstrated clinical value for numerous physical and mental health conditions; however, research on HRV biofeedback in substance use disorders (SUD) is in its nascence. We argue that HRV biofeedback may be particularly beneficial as an adjunct treatment for SUD by targeting bodily systems that are known to be disrupted by chronic substance use and are not historically the focus of psychosocial or pharmacological SUD treatment approaches. In addition to advocating for HRV biofeedback applications in SUD, we identify several gaps within the existing experimental literature, and propose new studies that could accelerate understanding of how and for whom HRV biofeedback is most likely to promote positive behavior change.
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