PSYCH 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Panic Attack, Nomophobia, Acrophobia
Document Summary
12 month prevalence rate of almost 12% in college students aged 19-25. 4. 3% (or about 1 in 25 students) actually met dsm-iv criteria for a panic attack. The average number of panic attacks over the previous year was four and the typical panicker had experienced attacks for over four years. Panic attack questionnaire and found that 34% of undergraduates reported experiencing at least one panic attack in the previous year. Another canadian study found that more than half of the students surveyed reported historiesof panic. Unwarranted fears caused by the presence or anticipation of a speci c object or situation. The fear and avoidance are out of proportion to the danger actually posed and are recognisesby the sufferer as groundless. Extreme fear of heights, closed spaces, spiders etc. Provided that there is no objective danger, accompanied by suf cient distress to disrupt one"s life is likely to be diagnosed as a speci c phobia.
