• Title/Summary/Keyword: Breath-counting meditation (Anapanasati)

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Report on Two Cases of Treatment of Anxiety Disorder with Panic Attacks-on the Basis of Breath-Counting Meditation (Anapanasati)

  • Yoo, Song-Wun;Kim, Dong-Uk;Park, Se-Jin
    • Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2015
  • 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.