Physiological, biochemical and subjective parameters in anxiety patients with panic disorder during stress exposure as compared with healthy controls

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 247, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 264-274

  Hoehn, T ^a   Braune, S ^a   Scheibe, G ^b   Albus, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM MÜNCHEN OST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Anxiety; Blood pressure; Cortisol; Electrodermal activity; Epinephrine; Heart rate; Norepinephrine; Panic disorder; Stress exposure

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; SPEECH; STRESS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0030725318     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02900305     Document Type: Article

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