Open AccessBasic features of panic disorder
Author(s) -
Antônio Waldo Zuardi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2176-7262
pISSN - 0076-6046
DOI - 10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v50isupl1.p56-63
Subject(s) - panic disorder , panic , etiology , anxiety , psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology , medicine
The aim of this paper is to characterize the Panic Disorder (PD) with an emphasis on diagnosis and treatment. PD is one of the anxiety disorders, characterized by recurrent panic attacks accompanied by a persistent preoccupation with additional attacks and maladaptive behavioral changes (American Psychiatric Association – DSM-V). Its etiology is not known, but should involve an interaction of genetic, developmental and environmental factors that result in changes in the functioning of some brain areas. The pharmacological treatment of choice is with the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, which has a latency of 20 for 30 days for the beginning of the therapeutic effect