Chapter
- Heart Rate Variability in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Abstract
Neuropsychiatric disorders represent one of the leading causes of disability in the United States and Canada. One in four American adults suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year (Kessler et al., 2005). According to a recent study conducted by the World Health Organization, the World Bank and Harvard University, mental illness constitutes over 15% of the disease burden in developed market economies (World Health Organization, …
Authors
Henry BL
Book title
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Signal Analysis
Pagination
pp. 462-487
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
October 17, 2012
DOI
10.1201/b12756-28