Report on Two Cases of Treatment of Anxiety Disorder with Panic Attacks-on the Basis of Breath-Counting Meditation (Anapanasati)
Song-Wun Yoo, Dong-Uk Kim, Se Jin Park
Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry March 30, 2015 DOI: 10.7231/jon.2015.26.1.001 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Case study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 2 |
| Population | Two patients with anxiety disorder and panic attacks |
| Interventions | Breath-counting meditation acupuncture |
| Duration | Assessments at the 1st and 6th treatments |
| Measures | Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) |
| Topics | Anxiety Meditation |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key findings | Both patients' physical and psychological symptoms decreased after treatment combining breath-counting meditation, acupuncture, and herbal medicine. The authors suggest breath-counting meditation may be an effective treatment for anxiety disorder with panic attacks. |
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of breath-counting meditation on anxiety disorder patients with panic attack.
Methods: Two anxiety disorder patients with panic attack were treated with Breath-counting Meditation, acupunctures, and herb-medications. The patients have been predicted for anxiety disorder with panic attack through Dignosis and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV), Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS), BDI (Beck Depression Inventory), and BAI (Beck Anxiety Inventory) on their 1st and 6th treatments.
Results: After the treatments, both the physical and psychological symptoms have decreased.
Conclusions: This study suggests that the breath-counting meditation is an effective way for treating patients who are suffering from anxiety disorder with panic attack.
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