How good are patients with panic disorder at perceiving their heartbeats?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 165-182

  Ehlers, Anke ^a   Breuer, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Heartbeat perception; Panic attack; Panic disorder

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART BEAT; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030033748     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0511(95)05153-8     Document Type: Article

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