Decreased defensive reactivity to interoceptive threat after successful exposure-based psychotherapy in patients with panic disorder

Abstract Panic disorder (PD) is characterized by a dysfunctional defensive responding to panic-related body symptoms that is assumed to contribute to the persistence of panic symptomatology. The present study aimed at examining whether this dysfunctional defensive reactivity to panic-related body sy...

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Main Authors: Christoph Benke, Manuela G. Alius, Alfons O. Hamm, Christiane A. Pané-Farré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01298-7