title: A hyperventilation interpretation of the termination of panic attacks: a reply to van den Hout, de Jong, Zandbergen and Merckelbach.
abstract: This paper summarizes the brief publication history of how a hyperventilatory positive-feed-back-loop theory of panic attacks explains the termination of panic attacks. A cautionary note is suggested when interpreting generalizations pertaining to panic attacks in panic-disorder sufferers in the everyday world made from laboratory findings based on healthy asymptomatic subjects.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, Albany 12222.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ley
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000523:psychology*; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*