Brain Substratum of Pathogenic Neurotic Belief in Panic Disorder: A Single Case Study
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Activitas Nervosa Superior |
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| Field | Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences |
| Keywords | cognitive behavioral therapy; neurotic belief; associative learning; panic disorder |
| Description | The aim of the study was to demonstrate how recent research achievements in the neuroscience of emotions can influence practical management of anxiety disorders. Using the data obtained from analysis of psychophysiological mechanisms in one case of panic disorder, the type of threat, key threat stimuli, and the structure of the pathogenic neurotic belief were ascertained and, on this basis, an individually tailored therapeutic procedure was designed. Its application resulted in almost complete dissipation of the neurotic belief, which represented the key pathogenic mechanism in the case studied. The study called attention especially to the importance of detailed diagnostics of memory mechanisms underlying the formation of neurotic belief in the psychotherapy of anxiety disorders. |
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