Betty is hyper-aware of such bodily sensations as heart rate and respiration rate. When she perceives heart or breathing as getting faster she becomes afraid that she is having a heart attack
These thoughts make her symptoms worse and she has a panic attack. Betty's pattern of thinking best illustrates
a. cognitive theory of panic.
b. the psychoanalytic theory of panic.
c. the importance of perceived control in panic disorder.
d. the role of the locus coeruleus in panic.
a. cognitive theory of panic.
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