TY - JOUR
T1 - Panic attacks without fear
T2 - An overview*
AU - Kushner, Matt G
AU - Beitman, Bernard D.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - 'Non-fearful panic disorder' (NFPD) is a condition that meets DSM III-R criteria for panic disorder but lacks a report of subjective fear or anxiety. Presenting the first comprehensive overview of this issue, the authors describe studies investigating a wide range of apparently overlapping phenomena including NFPD, 'somatically expressed panic', 'non-cognitive panic', 'alexithymic panic', 'non-clinical panic', and 'masked anxiety'. The review shows that such conditions account for from 20 to 40% of the panic disorder found in various medical populations, and that this group resembles conventional panic disorder in cross-sectional comparisons. We emphasize that a 'triple-response' model of anxiety is consistent with our conclusion that NFPD should be conceptualized as a panic disorder subtype. Finally, we discuss unresolved issues regarding the construct and predictive diagnostic validity of NFPD.
AB - 'Non-fearful panic disorder' (NFPD) is a condition that meets DSM III-R criteria for panic disorder but lacks a report of subjective fear or anxiety. Presenting the first comprehensive overview of this issue, the authors describe studies investigating a wide range of apparently overlapping phenomena including NFPD, 'somatically expressed panic', 'non-cognitive panic', 'alexithymic panic', 'non-clinical panic', and 'masked anxiety'. The review shows that such conditions account for from 20 to 40% of the panic disorder found in various medical populations, and that this group resembles conventional panic disorder in cross-sectional comparisons. We emphasize that a 'triple-response' model of anxiety is consistent with our conclusion that NFPD should be conceptualized as a panic disorder subtype. Finally, we discuss unresolved issues regarding the construct and predictive diagnostic validity of NFPD.
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U2 - 10.1016/0005-7967(90)90133-4
DO - 10.1016/0005-7967(90)90133-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 2076084
AN - SCOPUS:0025601684
SN - 0005-7967
VL - 28
SP - 469
EP - 479
JO - Behaviour Research and Therapy
JF - Behaviour Research and Therapy
IS - 6
ER -