APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Psychophysiological Response to Loud Tones As a Biomarker for Panic Disorder

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session

  • Amanda Baker
    Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
  • Samantha Hellberg
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Scott Orr
    Harvard University
  • Naomi Simon
    Massachusetts General Hospital

Abstract

We characterized psychophysiological reactivity in individuals with Panic Disorder (PD). Psychophysiological reactivity (eye blink, heart rate, skin conductance) was measured during a loud-tone startle paradigm and was significantly associated with the gold standard self-report and clinician-administered clinical measures of panic severity.

Psychopathology

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