Panic Disorder
Panic Disorder
The defining characteristics of panic disorder as given by the American Psychiatric Association consist of the following four criterions:
The person has experienced repeated unexpected episodes of panic attacks.
At least one of these panic attacks must have been followed by persistent worries lasting approximately a month or more regarding the fear of the consequences of the attack, or a specific change in the person’s lifestyle due to the experience.
During the
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short time.” I can’t rationalize it, I don’t think at all.” I know I can but I just can’t seem to convince myself. I’m so afraid that I wouldn’t be able to tell myself that when I’m in the car, and that’s when it counts. I don’t want to be in that kind of situation.”
R Reid Wilson, Ph.D., Don’t Panic (New York: Harper Perennial., 1996), 122
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