Respiratory and cognitive mediators of treatment change in panic disorder: evidence for intervention specificity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There are numerous theories of panic disorder, each proposing a unique pathway of change leading to treatment success. However, little is known about whether improvements in proposed mediators are indeed associated with treatment outcomes and whether these mediators are specific to particular treatment modalities. Our purpose in this study was to analyze pathways of change in theoretically distinct interventions using longitudinal, moderated mediation analyses.

Method

Forty-one patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia were randomly assigned to receive 4 weeks of training aimed at altering either respiration (capnometry-assisted respiratory training) or panic-related cognitions (cognitive training). Changes in respiration (PCO₂, respiration rate), symptom apprai

SUBMITTER: Meuret AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3327286 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature