The panic-respiration connection has been presented with increasing evidences in the literature. We report three panic disorder patients with nocturnal panic attacks with prominent respiratory symptoms, the overlapping of the symptoms with the sleep apnea syndrome and a change of the diurnal panic attacks, from spontaneous to situational pattern. The implication of these findings and awareness ...

In a community sample of high schoolers who experienced their first panic attack, we examined the prospective relationships among pre-panic vulnerabilities, panic attack severity, and post-panic agoraphobia and depression symptoms. Students were evaluated yearly over 4 years to test the following four hypotheses: (1) pre-panic anxiety sensitivity, negative affect, and childhood behavioral inhib...

The purpose of the study was to examine how anxiety sensitivity (AS) acts as a dispositional factor in the development of panic symptoms, panic attacks, and panic disorder. Between 1986 and 1988, data were collected from 505 undergraduates at an urban university. At Time 1, measures used were the ASI to assess AS, the trait scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T) to measure trait an...

BACKGROUND Panic attacks are a source of individual suffering and are an independent risk factor for later psychopathology. However, much less is known about risk factors for the development of panic attacks, particularly during adolescence when the incidence of panic attacks increases dramatically. We examined whether internalizing and externalizing problems in childhood predict the onset of p...

Studies on the platelet function of acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome and trial of prevention of thrombosis by flurbiprofen. synthesis of thromboxane A2 by platelets from patients with Kawasaki disease. The syndrome characterised by repeated panic attacks has been known by several names, including muscular exhaustion of the heart, neurasthenia, irritable heart, anxiety neurosis, e...

BACKGROUND The National Comorbidity Survey is a nationally representative survey of the prevalences and correlates of DSM-III-R disorders in the US household population. METHODS Retrospective age-at-onset reports were used to study predictive relationships between lifetime panic and depression. RESULTS Strong associations were found between the lifetime prevalences of panic and major depres...

As you?ve noticed, panic attacks can be distressful and debilitating for those who experience them. Additionally, they may take a toll on people who support those with panic attacks. How to best support your partner depends on you and your partner?s unique situation, but there are a few steps you may take to help light the way. In addition to learning more about panic attacks, you may want to c...

As you?ve noticed, panic attacks can be distressful and debilitating for those who experience them. Additionally, they may take a toll on people who support those with panic attacks. How to best support your partner depends on you and your partner?s unique situation, but there are a few steps you may take to help light the way. In addition to learning more about panic attacks, you may want to c...

As you?ve noticed, panic attacks can be distressful and debilitating for those who experience them. Additionally, they may take a toll on people who support those with panic attacks. How to best support your partner depends on you and your partner?s unique situation, but there are a few steps you may take to help light the way. In addition to learning more about panic attacks, you may want to c...