title: Group treatment of the hyperventilation syndrome.
abstract: Hyperventilation (hv) is increasingly recognized as being significant in a number of psychological and medical conditions. The core of treatment for hv is breathing retraining, usually on an individual basis. This article describes a group therapy for breathing retraining for patients with hv-induced panic reactions. An analysis of group process suggests that such treatment is helpful in ways impossible for individual retraining and that further exploration of this modality is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Cornell University Medical College.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fensterheim
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wiegand
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000628:therapy*; D010200:Panic; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group