Abstract
Respiration plays an integral role in the production, expression and perception of emotions, whether those emotions are normal or maladaptive responses to events. In panic disorder, two of the twelve symptoms for its diagnosis by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III criteria (DSM-III: APA, 1980), shortness of breath or having trouble catching the breath, and choking or smothering feelings, are perceptual or subjective assessments of respiratory sensation. Unlike the dyspnea experienced in respiratory disease, there is no increased airways resistance to account for the severity of the symptoms.
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Biddle, N., Tiller, J., Pain, M. (1988). Panic Disorder and Perception of Added Loads to Breathing. In: von Euler, C., Katz-Salamon, M. (eds) Respiratory Psychophysiology. Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10461-1_10
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