Intense anxiety of sudden onset and brief duration characterizes a Panic Attack
Criteria for Panic Attack
(Warning!)Note: A Panic Attack is not a codable disorder. Code the specific diagnosis in which the Panic Attack occurs (e.g. 300.21 Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia.
A discrete period of intense fear or discomfort, in which four (or more) of the following symptoms developed abruptly and reached a peak within 10 minutes:
(1) palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate
(2) sweating
(3) trembling or shaking
(4) sensations of shortness of breath or smothering
(5) feeling of choking
(6) chest pain or discomfort
(7) nausea or abdominal distress
(8) feeling dizzy, unsteady, lightheaded, or faint
(9) derealization (feelings of unreality) or depersonalization (being detached from oneself)
(10) fear of losing control or going crazy
(11) fear of dying
(12) paresthesias (numbness or tingling sensations)
(13) chills or hot flushes
Based on the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition APA
Also: panic disorder, agoraphobia
Research sources
| Topic | AN INTRODUCTION TO DISSOCIATION / AUTOMATIC WRITING / COMPOUND SUGGESTIONS / CONFUSION TECHNIQUES / COVERING ALL POSSIBILITIES OF RESPONSE / HYPNODONTICS / INTRODUCTION TO ERICKSONIAN HYPNOSIS / NOT KNOWING AND NOT DOING / OPEN-ENDED SUGGESTIONS / PANIC ATTACKS AND PANIC DISORDER / PATTERN BREAKING INDUCTIONS / PSEUDO-ORIENTATION IN TIME / THE INTERSPERSAL TECHNIQUE / THE USE OF METAPHOR / THE USE OF QUESTIONS / THE USE OF THE NEGATIVE / THE YES SET / TIME DISTORTION / TRUISMS AND TRUISMS UTILISING TIME
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| Reference | Battino R and South TL (2005) Ericksonian Approaches Crown House Publishing Ltd
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| Topic | ANOREXIA NERVOSA / BINGE EATING / BULIMIA NERVOSA / DEPRESSION / NOCTURNAL ENURESIS / OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER / PANIC ATTACKS AND PANIC DISORDER / PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDERS
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| Reference | The American Psychiatric Association (2000) DSM-IV-TR: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders The American Psychiatric Association
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| Topic | FEAR
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| Reference | Der DF. Lewington P. () Rational self-directed hypnotherapy: a treatment for panic attacks.: American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 1990;32(3):160-7
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Reference | Papp LA. Welkowitz LA. Martinez JM. Klein DF. Browne S. Gorman JM. Instructional set does not alter outcome of respiratory challenges in panic disorde
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Reference | Van Dyck R. Spinhoven P. Depersonalization and derealization during panic and hypnosis in low and highly hypnotizable agoraphobics. International Jour
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Reference | Van Dyck R. Spinhoven P. Does preference for type of treatment matter? A study of exposure in vivo with or without hypnosis in the treatment of panic
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| Topic | PANIC ATTACKS AND PANIC DISORDER
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| Reference | Andrews G, Creamer, M, Crino R, Hunt C, Lampe L and Page A (2002) The Treatment of Anxiety Disorders Cambridge University Press
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| Topic | PANIC ATTACKS AND PANIC DISORDER
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| Reference | Yapko M (1989) Brief Therapy Approaches to Treating Anxiety and Depression Brunner-Mazel
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| Topic | PHOBIAS
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| Reference | Prior M () Ericksonian hypnosis in the treatment of clients with examination panic: Hypnos 1990 May;17(2):97-105
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| Topic | PHOBIAS
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| Reference | van Dyck R, Spinhoven P () Depersonalization and derealization during panic and hypnosis in low and highly hypnotizable agoraphobics: Int J Clin Exp H
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The online Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders lists most of the major psychological disorders and illnesses and lists the criteria that must be fulfilled in order for a diagnosis to be made. This resource is not a substitute for proper professional psychiatric diagnosis.
