Rape, asthma, and dysfunctional breathing.

Functional breathing disorders are common, but poorly understood, causes of respiratory symptoms and often co-exist with asthma and other respiratory diseases [1–3]. Hyperventilation syndrome is the most recognised form of dysfunctional breathing It has long been suspected that dysfunctional breathing may have emotional origins, but there is little empirical evidence to support this [4]. Footnotes This manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the European Respiratory Journal . It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJ online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article. Conflict of interest: Dr. Hancox reports grants from Health Research Council (NZ), during the conduct of the study; grants from Astra Zeneca, other from Boehringer Ingelheim, personal fees from Menarini, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: Dr. Morgan has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Dr. Dickson reports grants from Health Research Council (NZ), during the conduct of the study. Conflict of interest: Dr. Connor reports grants from Health Research Council (NZ), during the conduct of the study. Conflict of interest: Dr. Baxter has nothing to disclose.