Panic anxiety and panic disorder. Clinical and diagnostic features. Clinical assessment. Interface with general medicine. Epidemiology and familial risk. Uncomplicated and comorbid panic disorder. The origins of panic disorder: etiology and pathogenesis. Etiology. Pathogenesis and pathophysiology: experimental models and biological theories. Pathogenesis and pathophysiology: psychological and psychosocial theories. Validity of panic disorder as a nosologic entity. Clinical description of panic disorder. Laboratory studies. Delimitation from other disorders. Follow-up studies. Family studies and twin studies. Treatments for panic anxiety: research findings. General considerations. Psychopharmacologic treatments. Psychological treatments. Comparative studies of psychopharmacologic and psychological treatments. Combined psychological and psychopharmacologic treatment. Conclusions. Clinical practice patterns for panic disorder. Patterns of prescription and use of antipanic medications. Summary, conclusions, and recommendations. Summary of findings. Implications and guidelines for clinical practice. Future research. References.
The World Psychiatric Association, founded in 1961, is an umbrella organization of national psychiatric associations from around the world united in the pursuit of increased knowledge in psychiatry and improvement in the treatment of people with mental illness.
It is a key resource for clinicians working with panic and anxiety patients, as it delineates the clinical and diagnostic features of panic anxiety, panic attacks and panic disorder. The Psychotherapy Letter This is a comprehensive review of the clinical and epidemiological findings regarding panic anxiety, buttressed by 19 pages of references and 12 of selected readings. READINGS It is an extremely useful text for psychiatrists, psychologists, or psychiatric nurses whose training would have prepared them for much of the content. Journal of the British Association of Counseling
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