Agoraphobia and panic attacks complicated by primary aldosteronism improved by treatment with eplerenone: a case report [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2023 Background Primary aldosteronism (PA) is an adrenal gland disease, that induces increased secretion of the mineralocorticoid, aldosterone, resulting in symptoms such as hypertension.
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Childhood internalizing and externalizing problems predict the onset of clinical panic attacks over adolescence: the TRAILS study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundPanic 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 ...
Christina M Mathyssek +3 more
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2002 The panic-respiration connection has been presented with increasing evidences in the literature. We report three panic disorder patients with nocturnal panic attacks with prominent respiratory symptoms, the overlapping of the symptoms with the sleep ...
Lopes Fabiana L. +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]
General Psychiatry, 2019 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.
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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]
Journal of Education and Health PromotionBACKGROUND: 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]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 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]
IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and BiologyObjective: 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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Fear of memories: the nature of panic in posttraumatic stress disorder [PDF]
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2012 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
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Brain Stimulation, 2020 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 ...
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AAOHN Journal, 2010 Panic attack symptoms mimic other serious health problems and have implications for the occupational health nurse. In the workplace, the results of panic disorder may lead to poor job performance and affect the morale and effectiveness of the entire workplace.
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