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Clinical Aspects and Treatment of the Hyperventilation Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Bert Garssen  and
Hanneke Rijken
Bert Garssen
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinic, State University, Utrecht
Hanneke Rijken
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinic, State University, Utrecht
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The Hyperventilation Syndrome is a common disorder and clinical psychologists will be regularly confronted with it, because the syndrome is closely interwoven with psychological problems. The literature is reviewed with respect to pathophysiology of the complaints, aetiology of the syndrome and treatment. A new developmental model is presented and directions for future research are proposed.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 46 - 68
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1986

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