Diversity of effective treatments of panic attacks: What do they have in common?

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-11

  Roth, Walton T ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Mind body therapies; Panic disorder; Placebo effect; Psychological theory; Psychophysiology; Psychotherapy; Review

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESENSITIZATION; EXPECTATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEAR; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PANIC; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

AROUSAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING; HUMANS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PANIC DISORDER; PLACEBO EFFECT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; RELAXATION THERAPY; RESPIRATION; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 75749098463     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20601     Document Type: Review

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