People can be trained to inhibit panic responses
Extensive clinical and experimental research demonstrates that psychological treatments such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, exposure techniques, and mindfulness training can effectively help individuals learn to inhibit panic responses and regulate fear.
The claim states that people can be trained to inhibit panic responses. Multiple papers in the provided set explicitly investigate exposure-based therapies, cognitive-behavioral techniques, interoceptive exercises, and fear extinction training aimed at reducing or inhibiting panic and fear reactions. All relevant papers support the efficacy of such training paradigms, and none refute the premise. Therefore, the balance verdict is SUPPORTED.
Sasin D, Rybczynski B, Maj BW, Chwaszcz J, Pruc M, Niewiadomska I, Szarpak L. Mechanistic Non-Response After Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Maintenance-Mechanism-Based Clinical Taxonomy.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm15114223
Paper 0 details cognitive-behavioral and exposure-based psychotherapies specifically targeting inhibitory learning and emotion regulation to treat anxiety and panic disorders.
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Muotri RW, Luciano AC, Garrudo Guirado A, Lotufo Neto F, Bernik M. Brief intermittent intense exercise as interoceptive exposure for panic disorder: a randomized controlled clinical trial.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1739639
Paper 3 demonstrates that structured interventions like intermittent intense exercise can successfully serve as interoceptive exposure to reduce panic symptoms and panic attack frequency.
Yum SY, Hwang S, Hwang MY. Neuroimmune-driven abrupt neuropsychiatric symptoms in children: preventing pathological fear consolidation.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1798369
Paper 5 proposes Fear Rebalance Therapy to help individuals learn safety and regulate emotional responses during acute fear states.
Kilic US. Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into Exposure Therapy: A One Year Follow-Up Case Report of Emetophobia With Comorbid Panic Disorder.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.71715
Paper 6 illustrates the successful use of CBT and exposure therapy components to help patients tolerate bodily sensations and reduce panic and phobic responses.
Björkstrand J, Olsson E, Clancy OH, Möller S, Björkman-Burtscher IM, Raheja N, Sjöström D, Persiani M, Staiano W, Kirk U. Effect of app-based mindfulness on extinction recall - a 7T-fMRI study.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-45569-z
Paper 9 shows that mindfulness training enhances fear extinction recall and modulates subcortical threat-processing circuits.
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