Citation

Leskin GA, Sheikh JI. J. Anxiety Disord. 2002; 16(6): 599-603.

Affiliation

Stanford University School of Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12405520

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to examine prevalence of lifetime traumatic experiences in a community sample of panic disorder patients. METHOD: We examined trauma rates in a cohort of panic disorder patients. Also, we statistically disaggregated comorbid PTSD from individuals diagnosed with panic disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey. FINDINGS: Panic disorder patients suffer lifetime traumatic experiences at high rates. We found that 24.2% of females and 5% of males with panic disorder reported previous history of being sexually molested. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that trauma may act as a risk factor for panic disorder, as well as comorbid panic disorder and PTSD.

Language: en