Abstract

MONTIEL, José Maria; BARTHOLOMEU, Daniel; GARCIA CAPITAO, Claudio  and  COUTO SANTOS, Gleiber. Automatic negative thought in patients with panic disorder. liber. [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.2, pp.239-249. ISSN 1729-4827.

Panic disorder (PD) is characterized by attacks of panic, which are accompanied by a series of thoughts, inappropriate to the context. Objective: to identify and systematize the cognitive distortion and the types of automatic negative thoughts (ANT) present in patients with (PD). Participants: 20 individuals in the age of 32 years and with a diagnosis of PD. Instruments: Anamnesis and semi-structured interview, Beck anxiety inventory and scale of panic and agoraphobia. Results: data showed significant levels of anxiety, corroborating the diagnosis of disorders of panic in the subjects. Already the ANT - as «I have a headache. Is it a crisis?» - and the standards identified cognitive distortions, including assumptions, pessimism, generalization and under-estimation / over-estimation, they are subject to the presented literature and they are suitable for clinical practice.

Keywords : Cognitive distortion; automatic negative thoughts; psychological validation.

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