The Ondine Curse, False Suffocation Alarms, Trait-State Suffocation Fear, and Dyspnea-Suffocation Fear in Panic Attacks

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 677-

  Ley, Ronald ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ASPHYXIA; BLOOD; DYSPNEA; FEAR; HUMAN; NOTE; PANIC; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ASPHYXIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DYSPNEA; FEAR; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0031179163     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830190105011     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. Ley R. Panic attacks: Klein's false suffocation alarm, Taylor and Rachman's data, and Ley's dyspneic-fear theory. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1996;53:83.
2. Klein DF. In reply. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1996;53:83-85.
3. Ley R. The ‘suffocation alarm’ theory of panic attacks: a critical commentary. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 1994;24:269-273.
4. Klein DF. False suffocation alarms, spontaneous panics, and related conditions: an integrative hypothesis. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1993;50:306-317.
5. Taylor S, Rachman S. Klein's suffocation theory of panic. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1994;51:505-506.
6. Rachman S, Taylor S. Analyses of claustrophobia. J Anxiety Disord. 1993;7:281-291.
7. Ley R. Dyspneic-fear and catastrophic cognitions in hyperventilatory panic attacks. Behav Res Ther. 1989;27:549-554.
8. Ley R. The many faces of Pan: psychological and physiological differences among three types of panic attacks. Behav Res Ther. 1992;30:347-357.