panic attacks are discrete episodes of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, sweating, trembling, derealization and a fear of losing control or dying. although panic attacks are required for a diagnosis of panic disorder, they also occur in association with a host of other disorders listed in the 5h version of the diagnostic and statistica...

anxiety disorders, especially panic disorder, are the prevalent psychiatric disorders. given the high prevalence of this disorder (1.5 to 5 percent of the population), significant impact on quality of life and dysfunctional cognitions during panic attacks and cognitive functions, the present study examined the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy on improvement of cognitive functions patien...

OBJECTIVE Comorbid bipolar and panic disorders aggregate in families. A phenotypic trait shared by both disorders is the sudden shift in affect observed in panic attacks and some rapid cycling states. The authors investigated whether comorbidity of bipolar disorder and panic disorder is associated with rapid mood switching in families with a high rate of bipolar disorder. METHOD Six hundred s...

BACKGROUND Prevalence and clinical correlates of depersonalization symptoms have been associated with panic disorder. Personality traits might increase the likelihood of experiencing depersonalization symptoms or depersonalization disorder in panic patients. AIMS The objectives of this study are to establish the prevalence of depersonalization symptoms during the panic attack and in depersona...

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...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of DSM-III-R panic disorder and to describe its correlates. METHOD The study was part of the National Comorbidity Survey, the first psychiatric epidemiologic survey of the entire U.S. population and the first to use DSM-III-R criteria for diagnosis. The 8,098 survey respondents, aged 15-54 years, were given the Composite Interna...

In a sample of 131 patients with panic disorder, we explored both the presence of DSM-III-R criteria for hypochondriasis and the occurrence of illness phobia before the onset of panic disorder. To explore further the possible relationship between hypochondriacal features and panic-agoraphobic syndrome, we compared patients both with and without current hypochondriasis and then patients both wit...

CONTEXT Chest pain is a common symptom in primary care settings, associated with considerable morbidity and health care utilization. Failure to recognize panic disorder as the source of chest pain leads to increased health care costs and inappropriate management. OBJECTIVE To identify characteristics of the chest pain associated with the presence of panic disorder, review the consequences and...

abstract background and aim: the intolerance of uncertainty model was initially developed as an explanation for worry within the context of generalized anxiety disorder. however, recent research has identified intolerance of uncertainty (iu) as a transdiagnostic maintaining factor across the anxiety disorders. the aim of the present study was to compare the intolerance of uncertainty in patient...