August 4, 2025Heart and MindOpen Access

A Narrative Review of Heart Rate Variability and Psychosomatic Disorders: A Promising Tool for Assessment and Treatment

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Narrative review highlights heart rate variability's role in psychosomatic disorders, suggesting it aids in assessment and treatment.

Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects autonomic nervous system regulation, crucial for understanding psychosomatic disorders.
Conditions like anxiety and depression are linked to reduced HRV, indicating autonomic imbalance and sympathetic dominance.
HRV indices, such as HF power and LF/HF ratios, are reliable markers but face challenges due to methodological inconsistencies.
HRV monitoring can inform clinical practices and therapies, offering potential improvements in psychosomatic disorder management.

Putranto et al. (2025) studied this question.

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