Subtypes of panic attacks: A critical review of the empirical literature

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 878-887

  Kircanski, Katharina ^a   Craske, Michelle G ^a   Epstein, Alyssa M ^a   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive symptoms; Nocturnal panic; Nonfearful panic; Panic attacks; Panic disorder; Respiratory symptoms; Vestibular symptoms

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE OF ONSET; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PANIC DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 70349685065     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20603     Document Type: Review

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