Anxiety sensitivity and breath-holding duration in relation to PTSD symptom severity among trauma exposed adults

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 134-139

  Berenz, Erin C ^a,b,c   Vujanovic, Anka A ^d   Coffey, Scott F ^b   Zvolensky, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Distress tolerance; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PANIC DISORDER; RESPIRATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855514919     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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