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KMID : 0981220070070010041
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2007 Volume.7 No. 1 p.41 ~ p.66
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Respiratory Therapeutic Procedures In Panic Disorder : Research Design And Preliminary Data
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Kim Sun-Young
Walton T.Roth
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Abstract
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This study investigates effects of breathing training in treatment of panic disorder. Breathing training has been a component of cognitive behavioral therapy package for panic disorder, although recently there has been developing skepticism about actual efficacy of breathing therapy. Previous outcome studies of our research team indicatethat when the breathing therapy is assisted by biofeedback, its therapeutic effect can be as strong as conventional cognitive behavioral therapy. On the basis of this result, we developed a further sophisticated research design for present study. Present study examinestwo different types of biofeedback assisted breathing training (Raise CO2 and Lower CO2) so that we can see how breathing training changes panic symptoms, and whether any one of the two competing theories of breathing and
panic (Hyperventilation theory vs. Suffocation alarm theory)would be supported by our results. If our results show that the two breathing trainings are equally effective, we could conclude that breathing training works through cognitive changes rather than physiological changes. If only one of the breathing training turns out to be effective, we will be able to support one of the competing theories. This paper presents aims, theoretical background, research design, and preliminary data of this study which is currently in progress.
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KEYWORD
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panic disorder, breathing training, biofeedback
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