Agoraphobia and panic attacks complicated by primary aldosteronism improved by treatment with eplerenone: a case report [PDF]
Background Primary aldosteronism (PA) is an adrenal gland disease, that induces increased secretion of the mineralocorticoid, aldosterone, resulting in symptoms such as hypertension.
Reoto Kijima +4 more
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Assessing vulnerability to panic: a systematic review of psychological and physiological responses to biological challenges as prospective predictors of panic attacks and panic disorder [PDF]
Background Cognitive–behavioural theories of panic disorder posit that panic attacks arise from a positive feedback loop between arousal-related bodily sensations and perceived threat.
Eric Bui +6 more
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Prevalence and predictors of panic attacks among reproductive-age females among the attendees of primary health centers of Abha, Saudi Arabia [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Panic attacks are sudden, intense episodes of fear, often accompanied by physical symptoms like tachycardia, rapid breathing, and sweating.
Majed Al Saleh +6 more
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Exploding Head Syndrome Accompanied by Repeating Panic Attacks: A Case Report [PDF]
To the best of our knowledge, we report here for the first time a case of exploding head syndrome (EHS) that caused repeating panic attacks. A 62-year-old woman experienced a sudden sensation of a loud noise just before going to sleep.
Yoshiyuki Kaneko +10 more
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Expecting the Unexpected: Predicting Panic Attacks From Mood, Twitter, and Apple Watch Data [PDF]
Objective: Panic attacks are an impairing mental health problem that affects 11% of adults every year. Current criteria describe them as occurring without warning, despite evidence suggesting individuals can often identify attack triggers.
Ellen W. McGinnis +11 more
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The weight of cognitions in panic: the link between misinterpretations and panic attacks. [PDF]
In cognitive theory it is hypothesized that panic attacks are provoked by catastrophic misinterpretations of bodily sensations. The aim of the present study was to investigate the ability of associated word pairs referring to catastrophic thinking (e.g ...
Klara De Cort +5 more
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Case Report: Panic attack induced by albendazole in a post-PCI patient [PDF]
BackgroundAlbendazole is a widely used broad-spectrum anthelmintic whose recognized neuropsychiatric adverse effects are largely limited to encephalitis and demyelinating encephalopathy.
Rijian Wang +4 more
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Fear of memories: the nature of panic in posttraumatic stress disorder [PDF]
Background: Although there is increasing evidence that panic attacks are common in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), little is known if posttraumatic panic is comparable to panic attacks observed in panic disorder (PD). Objective: This study examined
Amy Joscelyne +3 more
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Panic attacks and panic disorder in the American Indian community [PDF]
Dedra Buchwald, Julia R Craner
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Background: Panic attacks affect a sizeable proportion of the population. The neurocircuitry of panic remains incompletely understood. Objective: To investigate the neuroanatomical underpinnings of panic attacks induced by deep brain stimulation (DBS ...
Gavin J.B. Elias +8 more
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