A feasibility trial of an instructed breathing course in prison to improve emotion regulation in people with substance use difficulties

Substance abuse can be associated with difficulties in emotion regulation. It has been proposed that advantageous emotion regulation is positively associated with heart rate variability , and that slow-paced breathing can increase values of heart rate variability. We explored the feasibility of deli...

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Authors: Brzozowski, Artur (Author) ; White, Ross G. (Author) ; Mitchell, Ian J. (Author) ; Beech, Anthony R. (Author) ; Gillespie, Steven M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: The journal of forensic psychiatry & psychology
Year: 2021, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 308-325
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