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Preface [ Top ] [ Index ] This essay summarizes current information about varieties of panic disorder and their treatment. It is based almost entirely on publicly available information gathered during the years 1998 through 2000 from sources (not specifically cited) that include published research papers (most available through MedScape or MedLine), published textbooks and trade books authored by qualified mental health professionals, articles in WebMD and the New York Times, the opinions of clinicians spe
Index General Panic Attacks Hyperarousal and the Mind-Body Duality Dysautonomia and its Paroxysms On Terminology On Prognosis On Comorbidity On Medicine as Biology On Treatment Options On CBT and PCT On Tricyclic Treatment On SSRI Treatment On Benzodiazepine Treatment On Treatment With Other Classes of Drugs On Reported Effectiveness and Side Effects Diet and Supplementation Summary Disclaimer General Panic Disorder is a broad-brush label currently applied to a variety of conditions having clearly distinc
Studies over long periods have established that thought patterns once thought to be causative in panic disorder, such as hypervigilance, catastrophic thinking or catastrophic interpretation of sensations, among others, emerge in many patients as a result of the condition and cannot in fact be considered preexisting causative factors in those patients – that, for instance, the tendency toward catastrophic interpretation of relatively normal physical sensations typically emerges (if at all) as a gradual