Panic Disorder
What is panic disorder? Panic disorder occurs when you experience recurring unexpected panic attacks. The DSM-5 defines panic attacks as abrupt surges of intense fear or discomfort that peak within minutes. People with the disorder live in fear of having a panic attack.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW150
Diagnosis: Panic Disorder
US Patients: 2.5% sometime in life
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: M;W2
Age Onset: adolescence or early adulthood
Brain Area: amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex, hippocampus and periaqueductal grey may all be autonomically stimulated and frightening extent
Symptoms: 1-5 or up to 20 minute duration; rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fear of losing control, going crazy or dying; choking, paralysis and others.
Progression: Treatment helps 50%, but 30% have recurrences.
Causes: PTSD, taking on too much responsibility, genetic, substance abuse-drug or alcohol;
Medications: Antidepressants, benzodiazopines, beta blockers
Therapies: learning positive self-talk helps to reduce the panic; reductions can occur within twelve weeks.
Youtube Video: Panic Attacks vs. Panic Disorder
Amazon or Library Book:
The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook for Panic Attacks
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Support Group: mhanational.org; 800-273-8255
(Mental Health America)
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
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The world-wide medical research
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- A Study of Citations: Bibliometric Analysis of the 100 Top-cited Publications on Panic Disorderby Gayatri Bhatia on November 20, 2024
CONCLUSION: This bibliometric analysis is an invaluable resource for scholars and students who might be interested in learning about the developments and patterns in the field of panic disorder research.
- An Integrated Therapeutic Application Using Elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy in Treatment of Panic Disorderby Noopur Anand Gawankar on November 20, 2024
The commonly used protocol for the treatment of panic disorder has been the application of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). With the advent of third-wave psychotherapies such as acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), which focuses on experiential acceptance, there have been variations in the treatment of panic disorder. However, no case report has adopted an integrated treatment protocol using elements of CBT and...
- Disrupted emotion regulation and spontaneous neural activity in panic disorder: a resting-state fMRI studyby Hai-Yang Wang on November 18, 2024
CONCLUSION: PD involves regional and network-level alterations in resting-state brain activity. The fronto-striatal-limbic circuits play a critical role in catastrophic-style emotion regulation in PD patients. Reduced FC within the default mode network and cerebellum-default mode network may signify a coordination anomaly in introspection and cognitive activities in PD. These findings complement the model of implicit emotion regulation in PD and suggest potential intervention targets.
- A Series of Panic Disorder Cases Treated with Detached Mindfulnessby Murad Atmaca on November 18, 2024
CONCLUSION: In conclusion, it can be stated that DM is an effective, easily applicable, and highly therapeutic method for the treatment of patients with panic disorder. However, the present study needs to be supported by future studies with larger samples.