Catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations and external events in panic disorder, other anxiety disorders, and healthy subjects: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 3; p. e0194493
• Main Authors: Ohst, Barnabas, Tuschen-Caffier, Brunna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 20.03.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agoraphobia - psychology; Anxiety; Anxiety disorders; Anxiety Disorders - psychology; Arousal; Biology and Life Sciences; Catastrophic events; Clinical psychology; Cognition & reasoning; Disorders; Healthy Volunteers - psychology; Heart attacks; Humans; Mathematical models; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Models, Psychological; Panic; Panic attacks; Panic Disorder - psychology; Patients; Physical Sciences; Psychotherapy; Questionnaires; Research and Analysis Methods; Sensation; Systematic review; Germany

The catastrophic misinterpretation model of panic disorder (PD) predicts that the catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations is a distinctive characteristic of PD. Existing research on this prediction has produced mixed findings. This paper presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of...