78
medical conditions coexisting
with, 22–23
panic attack
vs.
, 14–15
parts of brain involved in, 26,
28–30
personal relationships and,
42–43
prevalence of, 14, 18
probability of remission/
relapse of, by gender, 53
risk factors for, 18–19
school/work problems
associated with, 43–44
untreated, dangers of, 63–64
See also
treatment(s)
Perelman School of Medicine
(University of Pennsylvania),
16, 18
ribonucleic acid (RNA), 25–26
Schiffman, Jason, 25
selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors (SSRIs), 57
separation anxiety, 19–20
serotonin, 30, 56
Sideman, Neal, 39
Stone, Emma, 9
stress, 34–35
nutrition and, 36–37
substance abuse, 44–47
suffocation alarm system, 28
suicide, 47–48
Swanson,Wendy Sue, 20
symptoms, 11–14, 13
treatment(s)
alternative, 59–60
cognitive behavioral therapy,
52, 54
drug, 56–59
exposure therapy, 54–56
percentage of adults with panic
disorder receiving, 63
Tsilimparis, John, 63
University of Chicago Medicine,
16–17
University of Maryland Medical
Center, 25
Valium (diazepam), 57
Vipassana meditation, 59
vitamin C, 36, 37
Walters, Kate, 40–41
Wang, Karen, 19, 21
Warner, Priscilla, 7–8, 39
Wemmie, John, 33
Williamson, Anna, 44
women, prevalence of panic
disorder among, 18
Xanax, 57
Yaseen, Zimri, 47, 48
yoga, 60
Yoga as Medicine
(McCall), 60
