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- Walton T. Roth
- Stanford University
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2001-09
- 権利情報
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- https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license
- DOI
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- 10.1177/0145445501254006
- 公開者
- SAGE Publications
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説明
<jats:p> The authors describe a new methodologically improved behavioral treatment for panic patients using respiratory biofeedback from a handheld capnometry device. The treatment rationale is based on the assumption that sustained hypocapnia resulting from hyperventilation is a key mechanism in the production and maintenance of panic. The brief 4-week biofeedback therapy is aimed at voluntarily increasing self-monitored end-tidal partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>) and reducing respiratory rate and instability through breathing exercises in patients’ environment. Preliminary results from 4 patients indicate that the therapy was successful in reducing panic symptoms and other psychological characteristics associated with panic disorder. Physiological data obtained from home training, 24-hour ambulatory monitoring pretherapy and posttherapy, and laboratory assessment at follow-up indicate that patients started out with low resting PCO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> levels, increased those levels during therapy, and maintained those levels at posttherapy and/or follow-up. Partial dissociation between PCO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> and respiratory rate questions whether respiratory rate should be the main focus of breathing training in panic disorder. </jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Behavior Modification
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Behavior Modification 25 (4), 584-605, 2001-09
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