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Organic and Hyperventilatory Causes of Anxiety-type Symptoms*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Elspeth C. McCue  and
Peter A. McCue
Elspeth C. McCue
Affiliation:
Senior Registrar in Psychiatry, Greater Glasgow Health Board
Peter A. McCue
Affiliation:
Principal Clinical Psychologist, Ravenscraig Hospital, Greenock
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In treating anxiety and phobic disorders it is helpful to be aware of physical illnesses that can present with anxiety-type features. This paper discusses a number of organic conditions whose presenting features could be mistaken for an anxiety state, viz. hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, hypoparathyroidism, phaeochromocytoma, hypoglycaemia, mitral valve prolapse, paroxysmal tachycardia, temporal lobe epilepsy, caffeinism, and food and chemical allergy. Hyperventilation is also discussed since it is an important but frequently neglected mechanism in many cases of anxiety and phobia.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , October 1984 , pp. 308 - 317
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1984

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