1. Catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations and external events in panic disorder, other anxiety disorders, and healthy subjects: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Ohst, Barnabas and Tuschen-Caffier, Brunna
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Systematic Reviews ,Cardiology ,Myocardial Infarction ,Sensation ,lcsh:Medicine ,Neuropsychiatric Disorders ,Models, Psychological ,Neuroses ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Database and Informatics Methods ,Mathematical and Statistical Techniques ,Cognition ,Mental Health and Psychiatry ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Humans ,Statistical Methods ,Database Searching ,lcsh:Science ,Agoraphobia ,lcsh:R ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Heart ,Research Assessment ,Anxiety Disorders ,Healthy Volunteers ,Physical Sciences ,Cardiovascular Anatomy ,Panic Disorder ,Cognitive Science ,lcsh:Q ,Anatomy ,Arousal ,Mathematics ,Statistics (Mathematics) ,Research Article ,Meta-Analysis ,Neuroscience - Abstract
The catastrophic misinterpretation model of panic disorder (PD) predicts that the catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations is a distinctive characteristic of PD. Existing research on this prediction has produced mixed findings. This paper presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing the strength of catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations and external events in patients with PD, patients with other anxiety disorders, and healthy controls. Following a systematic screening, seven studies were included in the meta-analysis. For the catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations, analyses showed medium to large effects between patients with PD and healthy controls and between patients with PD and patients with other anxiety disorders. For the catastrophic misinterpretation of external events, analyses showed medium to large effects between patients with PD and healthy controls and a small negative effect between patients with PD and patients with other anxiety disorders. The findings support the assumption that the catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations is a distinctive characteristic of panic disorder and thus lend support to the catastrophic misinterpretation model of PD.
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- 2018