PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Panic Attack, Panic Disorder, Hot Flash
15 Jun 2013
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Core: experience of anxiety or steps to avoid being in situations which initiate anxiety. Brief period of really intense anxiety to the point that the individual believe that he or she is dying of a heart attack. Autonomic hyperactivity symptoms: tachycardia (very rapid heart rate), chest pain, sweating, dizziness, Derealisation (feeling in a dream); depersonalization (loss of sense of self) fear of losing control, going mad, dying. More common in severe pd relationship between panic attacks and the environment: Uncued panic attacks: never know when you"re going to have them, unpredictable. Situational predisposed panic attacks: preferentially in certain situations, do not always happen in these situations. Situationaly bound panic attacks: always triggered by a particular situation frequency varies in individuals, median: 1 or max 2 a week. Epidemiology lifetime prevalence, u. s. = 2-5% lifetime prevalence, world= 1. 5-3% Average age of onset = late 20s, not typically an early life disorder.
