The current study investigated anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance (Simons & Gaher, 2005), and discomfort intolerance (Schmidt, Richey, Cromer, & Buckner, 2007) in relation to panic-relevant responding (i.e., panic attack symptoms and panic-relevant cognitions) to a 10% carbon dioxide enriched air challenge. Participants were 216 adults (52.6% female; M(age)=22.4, SD=9.0). A series of hiera...

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...

BACKGROUND The objectives of the study were to examine linkages between exposure to childhood abuse and interparental violence and the subsequent development of panic attacks and panic disorder using data gathered on a birth cohort of 1265 New Zealand young people studied to the age of 21 years. METHOD Data on: (a) exposure to child abuse and interparental violence; (b) the development of pan...

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...

in spite of the fact that there is no mentionable consensus about the definition of terrorism, killing of innocents and committing acts that resulting to popular fear and panic has been criminalized in the law systems. in the islamic criminal policy, to rely on the terror, causing fear and panic and negation of the public comfort, has been criminalized and has been responds with the severe puni...

Implicit and explicit memory processes for panic-relevant and neutral word stimuli were examined in 16 panic patients and 16 healthy participants matched for sex, age, and education, using behavioral and electrophysiological measures. In the study phase, panic-relevant and neutral words were presented and the level of processing was varied by requiring either shallow (orthographic) or deeper (s...

BACKGROUND The clinical presentation of panic disorder and panic attack overlaps many symptoms typically experienced in coronary heart disease (CHD). Etiological links between panic disorder and CHD are controversial and remain largely tenuous. This systematic review aims to pool together data regarding panic disorder with respect to incident CHD or myocardial infarction. METHODS/DESIGN Elect...

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...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to document the prevalence of panic states in patients presenting with chest pain in primary care settings, to determine the recognition rate of panic states by family physicians, and to assess the impact of lack of recognition on interventions and costs. METHODS Patients from the South Texas Ambulatory Research Network (STARNET) presenting with a new ...

Panic disorder is associated with considerable disability and economic costs. A first aim of the present study was to compare level of functioning and economic costs in subthreshold and mild panic disorder with or without agoraphobia. A second aim was to investigate whether pre-treatment levels of severity of panic and agoraphobia predicted improvement after an early intervention for panic symp...