Chapter Five Panic Disorder
- Panic disorder is maintained by catastrophic cognitions and avoidance behaviour, both need to be targetted.
- The catastrophic cognitions that play a pivotal role in the maintenance of panic attacks should be challenged not only verbally but also experientially by behavioural experiments e.g hyperventilation challenge.
- Panic disorder clients with agoraphobic avoidance can be weaned off behavioural avoidance by daring them to gradually approach situations they have been avoiding and stay in situations that they have been escaping from.
