APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Psychophysiological Response to Loud Tones As a Biomarker for Panic Disorder
- 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