panic anxiety syndrome

Psychiatric disorder in which debilitating anxiety and fear arise frequently and without reasonable cause. An anxiety disorder that is characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, or abdominal distress. Anxiety itself is the major disturbance in this disorder, which is characterized by severe frightening episodes of apprehension and feelings of impending doom. These episodes are often described as horrible and can last from a few minutes to several hours. According to DSM-IV-TR, a diagnosis of panic disorder includes recurrent unexpected panic attacks and at least one month of apprehension over having another attack or worrying about the consequences of an attack. The attacks are especially fared because they often occur unpredictably and without warning. Many patients report a disturbed childhood environment that involved anxiety over separation from parents, family conflicts, or school problems. Others indicate that they first experienced after some forms of separation, such as leaving home, or after the loss or threatened loss of a loved one. "Understanding abnormal behavior". David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue. Xref MGI.

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_594

Anxiety itself is the major disturbance in this disorder, which is characterized by severe frightening episodes of apprehension and feelings of impending doom. These episodes are often described as horrible and can last from a few minutes to several hours. According to DSM-IV-TR, a diagnosis of panic disorder includes recurrent unexpected panic attacks and at least one month of apprehension over having another attack or worrying about the consequences of an attack. The attacks are especially fared because they often occur unpredictably and without warning. Many patients report a disturbed childhood environment that involved anxiety over separation from parents, family conflicts, or school problems. Others indicate that they first experienced after some forms of separation, such as leaving home, or after the loss or threatened loss of a loved one. "Understanding abnormal behavior". David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue.

Xref MGI.

panic anxiety syndrome

SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:192400001

UMLS_CUI:C0030319

OMIM:609985

OMIM:167870

SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:191705007

MSH:D016584

SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:371631005

EFO:0004262

SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:268627007

OMIM:607853

NCI:C34890

Psychiatric disorder in which debilitating anxiety and fear arise frequently and without reasonable cause.

An anxiety disorder that is characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, or abdominal distress.

panic anxiety syndrome

disease_ontology

DOID:594

panic disorder

DOID:594

DOID:594

panic disorder

MFOMD_0000026

Individuals with panic disorder report intense panic attacks alternating with periods of somewhat low anxiety, during which they may be apprehensive about having another panic attack. Some physical symptoms that the people report during the attack are: - breathlessness - sweating - choking - nausea - heart palpitations. An example of a patient describing her feelings is this: “ It happened so suddenly. Without warning I felt like I had been swept up in a tornado! … my pulse was pounding, my palms were drenched with sweat, and my throat was closing up, leaving me gasping for air. I felt paralyzed with fear, convinced I was going to die.“

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_2030