title: [The characteristics of the speech tempo in patients with panic attacks].
abstract: It is known that excessive level of anxiety is able to modify essentially parameters of speech, including its temporal characteristics. In this respect the study of speech parameters during paroxysmal anxious states seems to be promising. Panic attacks (PA) are a classical clinical model of paroxysmal anxiety disorders. It is advantageous to approach this problem from the viewpoint of functional neurology, studying the dynamics of speech in different functional states, i. e., rest, emotional stress, deprivation etc. Analysis of parameters of rate of speech (mean duration of clear speech, mean duration of pauses, rate of articulation) was chosen as the main approach to assessment of peculiarities of speech. It was shown that temporal speech characteristics of PA patients were specific for estimation of different functional states, demonstrating changes sometimes in the same or in different directions. The results obtained point to high resolution of the method and offer promise for further study of temporal characteristics of speech in patients with paroxysmal disorders.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Korinevskaia
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Vorob'eva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002998:Clonazepam / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D011603:Psychophysiology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000502:physiology; D013060:Speech / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D013803:Thematic Apperception Test
chemical_list: D002998:Clonazepam