Clonidine in respiratory panic disorder subtype

Clonidine in respiratory panic disorder subtype.

OBJECTIVE Clonidine, which inhibits locus coeruleus discharge, would seem for theoretical reasons to be a good antipanic drug. Panic disorder (PD) presents a heterogeneous cluster of symptoms and a classification based on subtypes has been suggested and the respiratory symptoms group appears as a distinct subtype. METHOD We report three cases of respiratory PD patients who were successfully t...

Clinical Characteristics of the Respiratory Subtype in Panic Disorder Patients

OBJECTIVE Panic disorder has been suggested to be divided into the respiratory and non-respiratory subtypes in terms of its clinical presentations. The present study aimed to investigate whether there are any differences in treatment response and clinical characteristics between the respiratory and non-respiratory subtypes of panic disorder patients. METHODS Among the 48 patients those who co...

Panic Disorder in Children

Background: One of the psychological disorders that rooted in anxiety is the panic disorder. There are a lot of studies about this disorder in adults, while fewer studies are assigned to panic disorder in children. This study reviews the available articles and tries to show the different parts of the disorder. Also, panic disorder in children is considered in terms of content, signs and treatme...

The panic disorder respiratory ratio: a dimensional approach to the respiratory subtype.

OBJECTIVE The respiratory ratio is a dimensional construct of the respiratory subtype of panic disorder (PD). The respiratory subtype has been correlated with an increased sensitivity to CO₂ inhalation, positive family history of PD and low comorbidity with depression. The objective of our study was to determine whether the respiratory ratio is correlated with CO₂-induced panic attacks and othe...

PS245. Outcome of naturalistic pharmacological treatment in panic disorder patients with the respiratory subtype