Several literary reports and folklore demonstrate that anxiety symptoms of past are panic
disorder (PD) of the present. Perhaps one of the oldest examples of panic symptoms lies in …

Whereas lifetime prevalence rates of panic disorder-as established in epidemiologic surveys-
range between 1.6 and 3.5%, 1-month rates usually amount to much less than one half of …

Panic disorder was described in several literary reports and folklore. Perhaps one of the
oldest examples lies in Greek mythology, in which the Pan god was responsible for the term …

Clinical experience with patients with panic disorder suggests that this condition has
different patterns of course. Although many patients improve substantially with treatment, few …

Panic disorder is a remarkably common psychological condition, characterized by sudden
attacks of intense fear and panic. Approximately 3% of the population will experience some …

Your editors' historical approach refers to ancient descriptions of the panic attack and the
various attempts to develop an understanding of anxiety related conditions. They state …

Considers some of the aspects of the new diagnosis of panic disorder (PD). The major
impetus for developing the concept of PD stemmed from studies of MAO inhibitors and …

Panic disorder (PD) is a clinical entity which complexity can be organized in a “march of
panic” whose organizing psychopathological principle is represented by the unexpected …

It has been known for many years that acute attacks of anxiety can occur in the course of
anxiety and depressive disorders. For example, in 1879 Maudsley described anxiety attacks …

DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) and ICD-10 (World Health Organization,
1994) define a panic attack as a discrete period of intense fear or discomfort, which starts …