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The role of hyperventilation in panic disorder: a response to Ley (1991) |
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| Authors: | Corine de Ruiter Bert Garssen Hanneke Rijken Floor Kraaimaat |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands b Department of Medical Psychology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Spui 21, 1012 WX Amsterdam, The Netherlands c Department of Psychiatry, University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 8, P.O. Box 80125, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | Ley (Behaviour Research and Therapy, 29, 301–304, 1991) provided a reinterpretation of experimental findings on the efficacy of breathing retraining plus cognitive restructuring in reducing the symptomatology of patients with panic disorder with agoraphobia which were presented in a 1989 article in this journal. On the basis of his reinterpretation, they concluded that our findings supported the central role of hyperventilation in panic attacks. Ley's arguments are discussed and we conclude that his reinterpretation provides new arguments against a hyperventilation theory of panic. Furthermore, recent evidence from empirical studies does not support a central role for hyperventilation in panic attacks. |
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