The catastrophic misinterpretation of physiological distress

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1105-1118

  Moore, Michael C ^a   Zebb, Barbara J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic misinterpretation; Dyspnea fear; Panic disorder; Panic models; Pulmonary disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MODEL; PANIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORY;

AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0032800137     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00197-1     Document Type: Article

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