Imagined risk of suffocation as a trigger for hyperventilation

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 813-819

  Van Diest, Ilse ^a,b   De Peuter, Steven ^a   Devriese, Stephan ^a   Wellens, Elke ^a   Van De Woestijne, Karel P ^a   Van Den Bergh, Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrapment; Fear; Hyperventilation; Suffocation; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BREATHING RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; IMAGINATION; MENTAL STRESS; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; TENSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ASPHYXIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; IMAGINATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SUGGESTION; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 25844459933     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000181275.78903.64     Document Type: Article

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