We introduced and are advancing a collaborative initiative: The Universal Clinical Trial (UCT) in Mental Healthcare. It was designed to involve frontline mental health professionals in systematic, ecological clinical research for the purpose of assessing health-relevant biomarker correlates at intake, during and after psychotherapy. UCT diagnostic and intervention efficacy protocols use a standardized intra-individual repeated-measures design, to cross-validate psychiatric diagnoses using biomarkers. Interventions are monitored with HRV Apps for response analytics and treatment efficacy determinations. An overview of pilot, biomarker-guided diagnostic and intervention findings from patients with a variety of mental disorders is presented. HRV-Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia biofeedback (RSA) serves as a primary and adjunctive treatment modality.

HRV Guided Diagnostics, Interventions and Outcome Analytics in Mental Healthcare: The UCT

Roland A. Carlstedt, PhD, ABSP, is a licensed clinical psychologist and is board certified in sport psychology and biofeedback. His research focuses on integrative health psychology behavioral medicine, clinical sport psychology (athlete mental health), and peak performance. He is advancing two predictive clinical explanatory models in the context of clinical diagnostics, intervention response and compliance analytics and outcomes in psychotherapy and clinical trials. He is a leader in the field of technology-based and biomarker-guided assessment, mental training, and efficacy outcome analytics. He is active in spearheading the Universal Clinical Trial in Mental Healthcare: Focus on Private Practices.

Dr. Carlstedt also serves as the chair for the American Board of Sport Psychology and is a member of the United States Olympic Paralympic Committee Registry of Mental Health Care Providers. He is a former professional tennis player and coach/sport psychologist on professional tennis tours. He has presented over 200 seminars on peak performance worldwide and has been featured in media in over twenty countries.

HRV Guided Diagnostics, Interventions and Outcome Analytics in Mental Healthcare: The UCT

Dr. Roland A. Carlstedt

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