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Nocturnal panic: Biology, psychopathology, and its contribution to the expression of panic disorder
Author(s) -
MerrittDavis Orlena,
Balon Richard
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/da.10150
Subject(s) - panic disorder , psychopathology , panic , nocturnal , etiology , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , anxiety
Abstract The latest studies on psychopathology and biology of nocturnal (or sleep) panic attacks and other findings related to sleep in panic disorder are reviewed. While some of the newer articles doubt that nocturnal panics present a more severe variation of panic disorder, older studies and some newer articles support this notion. Some studies suggest that nocturnal panic maybe also be associated with other, more severe pathology. This interesting syndrome, or variant of disorder, may have its own etiology, psychopathology, and underlying biology. Depression and Anxiety 18:221–227, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.