Respiratory and other symptoms in panic disorder versus other anxiety disorders
Ben-Amnon, Y.; Fux, M.; Maoz, B.; Benjamin, J.
Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences 32(1): 38-43
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0333-7308 PMID: 7622345 Document Number: 449688
Respiratory abnormalities have been proposed as a central feature of panic disorder, but the literature is not unanimous. Symptoms of anxiety were quantitatively recorded with the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A) in 72 psychiatric out-patients in two anxiety disorders clinics in Israel; 44 patients had panic disorder with or without agoraphobia and 28 patients had other anxiety disorders. Panic patients had more cardiovascular symptoms, but not more respiratory symptoms, than other patients. The relative importance of respiratory symptoms in panic disorder is not yet settled.