Why the study?
Does acute psychosis alter heart rate variability at rest and during mental load compared to healthy controls?
Does acute psychosis alter heart rate variability at rest and during mental load compared to healthy controls?
Acute psychosis is associated with reduced resting heart rate variability and a blunted autonomic response to mental stress.
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May signal autonomic dysregulation warranting cardiac monitoring in psychosis; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Valkonen‐Korhonen et al. (2003) studied this question.
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