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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- Trait self-acceptance mediates parental childhood abuse predicting depression and anxiety symptoms in adulthoodby Drishti E Sanghvi on January 25, 2023
CONCLUSION: Findings highlight the importance of understanding the parental childhood abuse-adulthood psychopathology relation and the possible mechanisms of its long-term impact.
- Is Bipolar Disorder the Consequence of a Genetic Weakness or Not Having Correctly Used a Potential Adaptive Condition?by Mauro Giovanni Carta on January 21, 2023
It is hypothesized that factors associated with bipolar disorder could, uer defined conditions, produce adaptive behaviors. The aim is to verify whether a genetic feature associated with bipolar disorder can be found in people without bipolar disorder but with hyperactivity/exploration traits. Healthy old adults (N = 40) recruited for a previous study on exercise were subdivided using a previously validated tool into those with and without hyperactivity/exploration traits and compared with a...
- Managing emotions in panic disorder: A systematic review of studies related to emotional intelligence, alexithymia, emotion regulation, and copingby Abdellah Oussi on January 21, 2023
CONCLUSIONS: Improving emotional intelligence levels is key to increasing emotion regulation flexibility for people living with PD. Automatic cognitive reappraisal impairment in these people indicates low importance of cognitive restructuring in psychotherapeutic treatment.
- Does panic disorder increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases in diabetics?: A nationwide population-based studyby Yoo Hyun Um on January 21, 2023
CONCLUSION: The current findings suggested that PD might not contribute to the risk of future MI and stroke in diabetics who have already been at risk of various cardiovascular complications.