[A clinical trap: acute and chronic psychogenic dyspnea].
Psychogenic dyspnea may be part of two main clinical pictures. The first one is acute with dyspnea in the foreground of a panic disorder with or without agoraphobia. The second one is chronic, dyspnea being a background symptom of a generalized anxiety disorder. The problems related to the diagnosis and the implementation of psychological or pharmacological treatments are reviewed with reference to evidence-based medicine.
Cottraux
Jean
J
Psychiatre honoraire des hôpitaux, chargé de cours à l'université Lyon-1, France. cottraux@univ-lyon1.fr
D000208:Acute Disease; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy