Vol 5, No 2 (2008)
Review paper
Published online: 2008-05-30
Attentional bias in the processing of threatening stimuli by patients suffering from panic disorder
Psychiatria 2008;5(2):58-64.
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to present cognitive concepts on panic disorder as well as to review studies concerning
attentional bias in the processing of threatening stimuli by patients suffering from panic disorder. It has
been indicated, that anxiety related conditions are related to selective processing of information and a learned
tendency to focus on only some stimuli - particularly those that are negative.
Keywords: anxietypanic disorderreaction to threatening stimulusattentional bias
