Panic Attacks
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Facts about panic attacks:
About 10 percent of people in the US have suffered from panic attacks at sometime in their lives.
Panic disorders accounted for more emergency room visits than any other
psychiatric illness
.
Panic attacks are more common in women than in men.
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Adjustment disorder
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Last Updated: Jun 16, 2008
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Panic Attacks References:
Goodwin R, Olfson M. Treatment of panic attack and risk of major depressive disorder in the community. Am J Psychiatry. 2001 Jul;158(7):1146-8.
Goodwin RD, Lieb R, Hoefler M, Pfister H, Bittner A, Beesdo K, Wittchen HU. Panic attack as a risk factor for severe psychopathology. Am J Psychiatry. 2004 Dec;161(12):2207-14.
Watanabe A, Nakao K, Tokuyama M, Takeda M. Prediction of first episode of panic attack among white-collar workers. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005 Apr;59(2):119-26.
