= Clark cognitive model of panic
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<David M. Clark>'s account proposes that catastrophic interpretations of bodily sensations increase <fear> and <Physiological arousal>[arousal], intensifying sensations available for further threatening interpretation. <Safety behaviors> and avoidance can prevent disconfirmation. The theory distinguishes the presence of a sensation from the meaning assigned to it; a test should manipulate interpretation while measuring physiological input and subsequent <fear>.<A cognitive approach to panic by David M. Clark>[Behaviour Research and Therapy 24, 461–470; original model of catastrophic misinterpretation]{ref}
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