title: [Psychogenically induced sighing attacks in a 9-year-old girl (with remarks on the physiopathology of sighing)].
abstract: A case report about psychogenic sighing attacks in a 9 year old girl, which made school attendance and living at home impossible, is presented. Subsequently a review of the literature is given. Sighing was previously regarded as a ventilatory disorder. The author disagrees with this concept and presents evidence indicating that psychogenic sighing should be regarded as a phoniatric disorder e.g. laughing and weeping and not as a ventilatory disorder.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010699:Phonation; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012931:Social Environment; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Psychogen ausgelöste Seufzerattacken bei einem 9jährigen Mädchen (mit Bemerkungen zur Pathophysiologie des Seufzens).