Functional Impairment in Patients with Panic Disorder

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...

Personality subtypes in patients with panic disorder.

OBJECTIVE This study examined personality subtypes of adults diagnosed with panic disorder (PD). METHODS As part of a National Institute of Mental Health-funded study on personality in a clinical population, randomly selected psychologists and psychiatrists used a Q-sort instrument to describe 96 adults diagnosed with PD. RESULTS Q-factor analysis yielded 4 personality subtypes: high functi...

Functional impairment in patients with remitted bipolar disorder.

Imipramine Treatment of Panic Disorder Patients with Frequent Sleep Panic

R ecently, there is a considerable progress in understanding the neurobiology of panic disorder. An interesting phenomenon is panic attacks preceded by states of diminished arousal. Mellman and Uhde (1) suggested that there was a relationship between this phenomenon and sleep-related panic. Mellman and Uhde (2) observed that sleep panic attacks typically arose during the transition towards earl...

Memory Impairment in Patients With Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder With and Without Psychosis: A Comparative Study

Background: Cognitive impairment is a common symptom in both Schizophrenia (SZ) and Bipolar Disorder (BD), and studies have demonstrated memory impairment in patients with these disorders. Objectives: To compare memory impairment in patients with SZ, BD with psychosis, and BD without psychosis. Materials & Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study conducted on 42 patients referred to Sh...