Predictors of agoraphobic avoidance

Rapee, Ronald M.; Murrell, Elizabeth

doi:10.1016/0887-6185(88)90002-3

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“…This is in agreement with findings from earlier studies of a crucial role that cognitive symptoms seem to play in the development of agoraphobia [33][34][35]. Similarly, vestibular symptoms such as fainting were more commonly associated with a diagnosis of agoraphobia.…”

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confidence: 82%

A Study of the Phenomenology of Panic Attacks in Patients from India

Neerakal

Srinivasan²

2003

Psychopathology

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We studied the symptom structure of panic attacks in 94 patients attending an outpatient psychiatric clinic. Autonomic symptoms of anxiety were reported by the majority of the panic patients. As compared with studies from the West, certain cognitive symptoms, such as fear of loss of control and depersonalization, and vestibular symptoms were endorsed by fewer panic patients. The majority of our panic patients tended to seek help initially from physicians and medical specialists. The majority of the patients also did not experience some DSM-IV symptoms as part of their panic attacks. Comorbid psychiatric conditions influenced the symptom structure of panic attacks. A higher number of agoraphobics as compared with patients with uncomplicated panic disorders had the symptoms of fear of loss of control and fainting. Our findings support the notion that the experience of panic attacks is variable and differs across cultures.

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confidence: 82%

A Study of the Phenomenology of Panic Attacks in Patients from India

Neerakal

Srinivasan²

2003

Psychopathology

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“…Patients with pure panic disorder might experience panic attacks that better fit the clinical description. However, recent studies comparing patients suffering from panic disorder with and without agoraphobia found no differences with respect to psychopathology characteristics other than avoidance (37)(38)(39), nor with respect to variables reflecting panic symptoms (40)(41)(42). Therefore, it is unlikely that the present findings should be attributed to the high rate of avoidance in our sample.…”

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confidence: 97%

Continuous monitoring of panic

Beurs

Garssen

Buikhuisen

et al. 1994

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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Data on naturally occurring panic attacks were gathered through continuous self-monitoring for 94 patients suffering from panic disorder with agoraphobia. A total of 1276 panic attacks were collected. In this article various aspects of panic attacks, including severity, duration and time of onset and situations in which panic occurs are addressed. In addition, the symptoms of panic were investigated, examining the (in)variability of attacks within each patient and the patterning of symptoms in the entire group of patients. The most important findings were as follows: attacks occurred predominantly in nonphobic situations; nocturnal panic attacks were generally more severe than attacks during the day; symptom patterns across various attacks, stemming from the same patient, were rather variable; and finally, a substantial number of the attacks (40%) did not meet the DSM-III-R criteria for number of symptoms.

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“…risk of AG is significantly elevated among relatives of people with PA-AG 40 and relatives of people with PD-AG compared with those with PD only. 39,41 Family genetic studies also suggest that AG and PD may have at least some distinct pathogenic mechanisms. 42,43 At the same time, our finding of higher conditional prevalence of AG among people with PD than PA is consistent with the strong association between AG and PD long observed in clinical settings.…”

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confidence: 99%